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They'll be regulated in UK soon.

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You do realise that even on-line casinos are regulated, don't you? Kahnawake Gaming Commission?

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From their website:

"The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, established on 10 Ohiarí:ha/June 1996 pursuant to the provisions of the Kahnawake Gaming Law, MCR No. 26 / 1996-97, is presently comprised of three members appointed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake: Alan Goodleaf (Chairperson), John K. Diabo, and David Montour.

The Commission is empowered to regulate and control gaming and gaming related activities conducted within and from the Mohawk Territory of Kahnawake in accordance with the highest principles of honesty and integrity."

Three people from an Indian reservation in Canada.

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Reminds me of something. When I was in floorcovering there were hackers. The guys that took shortcuts on jobs and had the rep of doing shoddy work.

One well known home improvement store wanted to have and use their own installers so they needed someone to run that part. Project managing, scheduling, problem solving. Basically, quality control. Who were the guys? 2 of the (local)industries biggest hackers. I wouldn't have let those guys in my house to install anything much less give me any consultation.

Point is, you never know who's running what. Especially the customers don't know any better but are basically going on blind faith since it's under a corporate(or official sounding) name. But at least in the instance above, the corporation can be held, legally, directly liable for most that might happen.

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For more on this there is another thread. That thread has been locked to keep the discussion in one place, this thread.

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well the only reason why i think online is rigged a litle is they want to keep bad players from losing too much money at one time so they kinda of give them breaks were they can win a little by catching lucky cards so that they dont get to discouraged and it keeps them playing for alot longer then they would if they kept busting out and having to re deposit money all the time.

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So your telling me you think someone has the power of labeling a player as a bad one and im gonna give him a straight to crack this guys aces this hand so he doesn't lose too much money. I don't know if I can agree with that. Bad streaks come, and more hands per hour in internet poker equals more of these streaks.

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I'm not saying they do it, but they also have the power to manipulate pocket and community cards to create larger pots and more rake.

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This is foolishness, and borders on flagrent trolling.

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You're being idiotic. His statement is obviously correct, as written.

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People simply want an excuse for why they lose at poker, other than their own play.

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People simply want an excuse for why they lose at poker, other than their own play.

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Yeah, that's it. I'm a horrible player so I make up conspiracy theories about why I lose. [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

Has anyone (besides jeffnc) noticed that I never said the online poker sites actually cheat, rather that they have the power if they want to.

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Read the book and found it very educational. He never said sites are cheating but explains why their spending millions trying to detect it. It wasn't a book trying to teach you how to play poker but certainly would help you to understand what you should be playing online. Not a bad book at all and was worth the read.

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I'm not saying they do it, but they also have the power to manipulate pocket and community cards to create larger pots and more rake.

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Wouldn't manipulating hole cards create bigger one-time pots thus creating less rake overall? Fish only have so much money to gamble. If they lose it in a few hands, instead of hundreds of hands, there are fewer dollars being wagered (in the sense that the same $100 can be wagered many times in a poker game).

Wouldn't card fixing be killing the Golden Goose?