Well I for one just gonna say it out loud.
The only reason I can see to initiate something so blatantly greedy, ignorant and crass such as this, and unleash it upon your paying customers is because you're about to shutter the place up and bolt.
Makes no sense as to why you'd alienate, and it's not risking alienation, because the whole thing is so offensive to anyone with an IQ above a block of wood, other than they simply don't care because it's the end of the line.
The people who are still playing this have serious psychological issues, for real, I mean it's pushing the boundaries with respect to addictive gambling syndrome to new levels - the thing is you're not even gambling, you're simply handing over money to a company in exchange for, well, nothing.
If they're not packing it in, well good luck bringing in anything like this again - obviously there's a population of players who'll simply hand over money no questions asked so until that 'gene pool' of half-wits goes broke or forgets to open the garage door while warming up their car in the morning, wgt can continue to come up with this sh*t.
If I was a sponsor, I know I'd be reevaluating the relationship that's for sure. There's aggressive revenue models, then there's sh*t like this.