A/C in Action: The AP Case

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I never claimed AP was happy that they got caught. Nor did anyone else. You're attacking a straw man.

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I know you never claimed it, hence why I asked (rather than assume what your answer would be).

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Your phrasing "do you really believe" and "do you honestly believe" implied that you took that as my position. I ignored it, because it seemed irrelevant or at least obvious. To answer it now, I'm sure AP regrets what happened.

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What does this tell you?

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Regret is not black and white. They may regret it, but ultimately they don't need to consider it a big deal, because their business is still going strong. The consequences were in fact probably much less severe than AP and other poker sites would have expected. Do you think poker sites are now going to be more or less worried about fairness and security than before? I'll give my opinion: They're going to be less worried about it since "the market" is showing indifference.

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If there's a built in incentive against cheating, even if mild, then there's never a rational reason to cheat.

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[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] This is completely false.

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How is it false? Just because you say so?

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I misunderstood what you were saying. You're saying that with all positive and negative incentives weighed against each other if there is more weight to the negatives then then it is irrational to take the action. I understand now. But I don't understand why you'd assume the incentives will always weight more on the negative end.