DouglasReay writes: I've just found
[CasinoMeister's list of fake WatchDogs]. Can anyone verify whether the Internet Gaming Commission is fake and whether they are the same as the Internet Gaming Council?
DouglasReay writes: Check out this [analysis of a rigged game by Custom Strategy Cards]. It is absolutely devastating. And it makes you wonder how many casinos out there do something similar (maybe a bit less greedily), but have not been caught? That one was only found by an insider tipping a journalist off by leaking some of the source code.
DouglasReay writes: interesting post from [slashdot]:
- I used to work for an Australian online porn and gambling company that did just this - I wrote a considerable part of the software.
- Our affiliate system "shaved" off about 30% of all referrals, and the poker game was rigged to win about 20% of the time. They used to send a few million spam emails per day too, over several free dialup connections (provided by OzEmail? and AOL, mainly).
- I only stayed with the company about 3 months...not because of their terrible business practices, but just 'cuz I didn't get along with some of the people there. I figure it was still more ethical than say, the public sector.
- I was talking to someone I met on IRC the other day about online gambling, having never actually met a participant - he admitted that there was no reason to trust the software, but didn't believe the gambling companies would actually steal his money.
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