Update About WWELeaks, Paddy Power And Betfair

Before I begin, I want to warn you that this post is all about WWELeaks.org matters and it probably doesn't mean much to the majority of people who visit this site. So, if you're only looking for wrestling betting news, you won't find it in this post.

Firstly, I apologise for the lack of content over the past few days.

It's quite difficult to publish anything fresh with the lack of WWE betting markets available. Hence me finding other things to write about like AAA TripleMania and the fallout from the Mayweather .vs. McGregor match.

Another reason why I haven't published much lately is because there are some issues going on behind the scenes. One of which regards my dealings with both the Paddy Power and Betfair affiliate platforms. I want this to be straight up and explain what's going on as it will allow you to understand some of the decisions I will be making if I ever get around to writing about the companies' WWE odds in future.

Paddy Power claim it was unhappy with the low number of customers I was bringing them lately and exercised part of our agreement that allowed the firm to suspend my account for lack of activity within the past six months (Anyone who has visited this site within the last six months. let alone four years, will know I had been covering Paddy Power's WWE betting markets extensively and ensuring new customers could sign up through the advertising links and/or banners in every post where I've covered the firm's WWE odds). The staff member stated that an email was sent to me on August 2nd informing me that the account would close if things didn't pick up. I did not receive this email at all. I only found out about the email when my account was suspended on Thursday morning and I made an enquiry about it.

There's another part to the August 2nd email story that I'll get to in future.

I pointed out a few things that indicated that I was not in breach of my agreement and the offer was made for the partnership to resume for the time being. After a short moment of consideration, I decided not to take it up. The business has changed and - if the company feels I am no longer helpful - I can't see a point in the future where it will see me as beneficial again. As I've already stated, the business and climate is a lot different to what it once was.

Furthermore, I have also opted to no longer promote the Betfair brand to potential new customers as well. Paddy Power and Betfair are now both under the same umbrella, so this was an easy decision to make once I declined the chance to reopen the suspended Paddy Power account.

Even though It was my own decision to tell Betfair I will no longer put up its links and banners here at WWELeaks.org, I have to be admit that it was a preemptive strike because there's a good chance the same sort of situation that happened with Paddy Power could play out with the Betfair program further on down the road.

And I have no interest playing back-and-forth trying to argue my point with the company again.

I joked with a family member that this is all a conspiracy because I sent everyone to bet on Roman Reigns to be the fall guy in the main event of SummerSlam when Paddy Power had him at 8/1. Or maybe something else I did to get them mad.

I have put this out there because the decisions have forced me to change a few things for the moment and future.

I will still cover the Betfair / Paddy Power betting odds for WWE as I have done for four years. However, there's no point in me covering BOTH websites' coverage of WWE events any more. The agreements I had were done to monetize the blog. I didn't make much, but I made enough to help put gas in the WWELeaks tank and keep the blog going each month through the years. I have no reason to write about both websites when one will suffice. It's also an easy decision to choose which one considering Betfair's WWE markets are published later than Paddy Power's.

Another thing that I will be unable to do in future is get in touch with the company to ask for names to be added to some of the long list markets as I have done in the past. I did this for some visitors for the Royal Rumble specials, Andre the Giant battle royal and similar markets. If you have a request, I recommend reaching out to either the Paddy Power staff on Twitter or the customer service team from its own website.

I came across a few good people at both companies over the years, so I want you to know that this isn't a knock on them. I keep repeating it, but the business and landscape has changed.

There could be other good and negative things that will happen to the blog because of this situation. I'll cross these bridges whenever I get to them.

This is just one of many things I am working through right now. Once again, I apologise for the lack of content over the past few days.