Re: Programmers, help fight the UIGEA from the bottom up.
If you look at the functions that are currently performed by online casinos, they include:
-provide the server software
-provide the client software
-provide the physical internet servers in some legal location
-provide an "escrow service" to hold all the deposits
-advertise the site to attract new players and their money
-provide an authority to resolve disputes, limit cheating, detect fraud, etc.
-probably some others I haven't thought of
In return, they usually charge a rake, "manage" the enormous "float" (which is all the money deposited by players).
The other essential function is the mechanism by which players transfer money to and from the online casino, which has been made more difficult by recent U.S. legislation.
Any replacement poker system would probably need to duplicate most of these functions. Most of these are not "fun".
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