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Originally Posted by spadebidder
Yeah, you're right, I just get so tired of that being used as the example of a "rigged" poker site. It's a shame they hurt the reputation of online poker as a whole, which by and large is operated fairly.
Why anyone should assume that online poker is operated fairly?
The online gaming industry is not under scrutiny by financial or gaming authorities whatsoever, basic operation control such as auditing, validating the software, access control and communication channel integrity are not in place, and those who claim their site is audited elegantly forget to disclose audit details such as audit methodology, when, how and what has been audited.
As crime and dishonest business operation is not unknown to mankind (partly that’s why the society regulates tax, stock exchange, gaming, etc. ) there is no reason to believe that malicious components do not compromise fair gaming in the unregulated and uncontrolled gaming software environment. It is unlikely that in the universe of Madoff, Enron and Ponzi the unregulated, partly mob operated, partly Costa Rica based online gaming industry is the Theresa Mother of the economy. Yes, online gaming companies might honest and innocent like Joan of Arc's, but until their honesty is verified by a legislation driven regular auditing process we can’t say that they operate fairly and it’s not surprising if the public indeed believes that the kwhole thing is f....g rigged.