Actually, that would be perfect as it would cap SD flow at 3%*MaxBlockSize/AvgBlockSize of Bitcoin's capacity leaving the rest for everyone else. Nice.
Right. There is no easy way around it for SD; they have to pay someone more. Not only this, but if SD has tons of spam transactions like they do now, they'll never fit into 6 blocks per day and will have to start overflowing into the next block, leaving users for days without any confirmation of unsuccessful gambling.
Now, tacotime, please let me explain why you have found the nuclear option, but I do think we need to consider softer options as well.
The nuclear option will produce a high amount of fees, but, because the block reward is so high in dollar terms ($1150 at present) Bitcoin does not need a fees arms race when it is trying to gain wider acceptance on the internet and bricks and mortar shops.
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=149577.msg1595451#msg1595451Also, I do think that zero fees have their place too:
Okay, here we go.
So as I promised, I created the "NFTF" (short of No Forced TX Fee) section on Github.
This isn't going to be anything big & professional, just few lines of code changed comparing to the standard client.
I did it, because i was unsatisfied with standard client forcing people to pay fees, even when they are not necessary at all.
I wrote many complaints about this on multiple topics on this forum, and for unknown reasons the main developers do not want either to remove this broken algorithm, or to improve it. Mining cartel ? CIA-related conspiracy ? Who knows & Who cares. I don't know and I don't care so I am going my own way.