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Originally Posted by BoomKOd
i think if anything it makes even more sense to boost shenanigans and cheating going on as all the law makers are busy with way more important things.
Online poker regulation has always been, and will always be, low on every government's priority list. Kind of hard to justify paying more attention to it than health care, education, violent crime, housing, and so many other issues that people elect governments to deal with. No one is voting for one person over another because they promised to clean up online gambling. Revenue is about the only thing that will make it percolate near the top, and one might argue that makes it more appealing for government to pay attention to during difficult economic times.
IMO, cheating is becoming more sophisticated/prevalent for the same reason it has been for the last 20 years - as processing power increases, bots and other software cheating methods get better. And the closer games get to being solved, the more unbeatable such software becomes.
But really, does it matter what the reason is? If you're not beating the games and/or don't trust them, don't play, unless they're providing you with entertainment that you can afford to pay the current price for.