However, when a solid, winning regular who is already a drain on the site, never deposits, and makes recs want to leave also demands large amounts of free comps from the casino I can see a world where they'd dig up anything in their TOS to get them to leave. It keeps them engaged with your site, and it helps keep the site profitable. They'll pay that back and potentially more if they get that itch to play while waiting for free sweeps to build up and decide to deposit. Giving them free money to gamble with is no different than a casino comping a whale so they'll keep playing at your tables. On top of being a requirement for Sweepstakes laws, Sweeps coins are perfect for keeping recs. They need to do something to keep recs on the site. So winning regulars are actually worse for Global than other sites. This isn't as true in Global where Sweeps coins are introduced to the pool daily. As long as rake is being paid, somebody is having to deposit somewhere to keep the games going. When gathered en masse they make the recs want to leave, making that drain become more of a problem but not quite enough to warrant removal. They are a net drain on the site's resources. Winning regulars will pay rake, but they won't always bring more money to the pool. Poker sites live off of recreational players buying in. Something I've been pondering about this.

Tpayne claimed to have played “a lot” of poker, and he was banned.