I also see it that way OP did not play for 5 years his account is already inactive now he just get active and try to claim the referral commissions other casinos would have done the same, OP you are not scammed it's on their terms, that casino does not have an announcement here but this will not qualify in the scam accusation, you just have to move on.
And I'd like to ask why did you not play here since you have referrals that are actively playing.
Exactly. It is also interesting that the OP mentions Stake and Bitsler casinos and claims to have never faced such a problem with them. However, if we look at the terms of use of the Bitsler affiliate program, we can see similar rules regarding inactive accounts. So it looks like the OP is lying and trying to twist the facts to suit his argument.
15. INACTIVE USERS
If it has been more then 6 months , since your last connection to your account , you will have 2 possible consequences:
If there is more than the minimum withdrawal on your account balance, then we will contact you by email (if there is a registered email address for this account), otherwise we will wait 12 months before trying to contact you once again. If after 12 month-period, you have not yet logged in, the account will be deleted and the balance forfeited.
If there is less than the minimum withdrawal on your account balance, we will contact you by email (if there is a registered email address for this account), if you do not reply and do not log into your account within the next 30 days, your account will be deleted and the balance forfeited.
Only for you, here is a screenshot of my bitsler account.
Please check the opening date. If you worked in a casino you would know that casino never banned any partners/ affiliated users account like that. But they did. Anyways I have nothing to say about it. They have done it according to their Tos, so let it be. I have learned it.
But please don't try to prove me a liar. I have never lied to anyone.