Bryan, thanks for the clarification - imho a very useful one as many members aren't fully very aware of the consequences when participating as an affiliate...
Fwiw, btw... imho far too many members show concern about the affiliate minimum requirements, being no good recruiters or not liking the idea of involving family & friends. I hope for the lotto program that this group doesn't embody a too significant part of those willing to sign up as an affiliate... I interpret their questions as a sign that they apparently want to support you with participating in the lottery (which is admirably) but that they aren't convinced of the value of the lottery as a product with marketing potential (which increases attrition risk).
Shouldn't these people better be warned that they better not participate as an affiliate?
Or do they still have a value in some way... in the startup phase of the lottery (meaning: don't worry about affiliate drop outs... it'll be compensated in some way by ...)