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Wow. 2*X? In order to rig their games to make 2*X, they would have to do such an incredible amount of rigging that, by now, a 2+2er would have ample evidence to turn them in just from the sheer number of hands that people have played to this point.
Maybe you mean, “Why make $X in a fair game when you can rig it and make .3*$X?” Something less noticeable at least? Then, the thought is, is it worth risking billions to make just a little extra? I’m not totally discounting your notion, I just don’t think that it would be worth the risk, or to put it more in your terms, the risk is not worth the reward.
yes, 2*X was an example. Maybe I should have said Y*X. My point was greed will always motivate some (not all) to seek out that edge, that extra measure of profit.
And I am not talking about just Stars. Stars has a lot more to lose by getting out of line than a smaller site. I agree that stars is much less likely to engage in anything unscrupulous. The newer no name sites are the ones you should watch out for.
You make another mistake in your reasoning.
you don't think it would be worth the risk.
you are not the one running a poker site. You have to step back and ask yourself if they would have motive and opportunity. time and again I see posters on this site say that (it wouldn't be worth the risk) and time and again I point out how that thinking is fallacious. It may not be worth the risk if
you were in their shoes. But
you're not. and you're making the mistake of assuming that those that run poker sites have the same level of rationality and tolerance for risk that you do.
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Why? Because, when they’re caught, they pay fines, and penalties, get a little bad press, improve their public image with a few press releases that water down their crimes, and no one really cares. For example, I could care less that Ford would cook their books at all…if I like their trucks, I’m still buying them.
Yea, and you're still buying a Ford truck from the same company but with a different management team. The management team or a large part of it that was in place during the fraud or whatever is probably now in jail or awaiting trial.
There are many many laws and regulations in place for corporations now. If you think the Companies and more importantly, the people that run these companies just get a "slap on the wrist", then with all due respect, you aren't that well informed.