Many youtubers and friends share their referral codes/affiliate links, saying you will get bonuses, real money, or free spins. but I wonder if casinos give extra help or benefits in some different situations.
For example, when someone wins a big multiplier and multiplies their account by 100x, then some casinos take a long time to process the withdrawal, or they may not even give the money. however, some say that if you sign up using a good affiliate or influencer affiliate code which have huge audience, then you won't face these type issues. also, if you promote the casino using your referral link, they might not hold back your withdrawal because you helped them get new customers.
is this kind of things is considered shady practice, or is it considered fair in the online gambling world?
Large youtubers and streamers like Trainwreckstv get paid for posting their affiliate links on their vids and streams, and of course, they also get paid for every signup that they get under their brackets. Other than that I don't really have any other suspected perks that they give out to users for signing up in these affiliate links, plus I think it's counter-intuitive for them to give the people who signed up using affiliate links extra perks like faster withdrawal when they could just give everyone the same treatment/benefit and make everyone's experience while playing more desirable so they can spread the casinos' name through word of mouth.
Affiliate links are nothing more than ways for people to invite more people into an establishment and compensate the inviter, in theory there shouldn't be any other benefit to the invited except for the bonuses that they are promised prior to signing up. If that wasn't the case then the casino will literally either bleed profits and go bankrupt, or be hated so much they might as well just close up shop and rename themselves to avoid receiving massive backlash.
Plus yeah, that is considered a dodgy practice if I do say so myself. You get massive perks in the first place for signing up through an affiliate link, and now you're getting special treatment as well when people who signed up organically with perhaps even more wagered money than you had to sit their asses waiting for a perk/feature to drop into their hands?