Online Casino Cheating

The truth of the matter is cheaters are everywhere in life. Be it in the corporate world, at sporting matches, exam rooms, or a person's love life... cheaters are all over the place. But nobody likes a swindler, and once you've earned the reputation of being a crook, there's no going back. You know what they say, "Once a cheater, always a cheater."

Cheaters Never (ok, Rarely) Prosper

The vast majority of the estimated 2000-plus online gambling Web sites (casino games, poker, sports wagering, bingo, etc.) play by the book, meaning, they are reputable. Still there have indeed been situations in which some gambling venues have come under suspicion for allegedly ‘fixing' the software driving their games in order to have an even bigger advantage over what's generally considered a casino's normal edge.

Case in point: an online casino site's Random Number Generator - or RNG - is the means by which an online casino's slots, for instance, are pre-programmed to guarantee fair play and make certain that the rate at which each game pays out is according to the site operators' published payout percentages. Unfortunately there have been isolated instances whereby certain gambling sites have attempted to get away with manipulating their RNGs so that they pay less than the casinos' published rates. When we review casinos, we make sure to check the payout percentages to make sure a casino is on the level.

Casino Slow Pokes

Though not considered cheating, various other acts of deception are also conducted by some online casino operators. These particular companies tend to either prolong the time it takes for a customer to actually see their money when attempting to complete the withdrawal process, or thwart any and all attempts to retrieve their money altogether. These slow pokes and non-paying operators engage in this sort of dirty dealing knowing full well that the more gamblers gamble, the greater their chances of losing their entire account balances to the casino. It should be noted, however, that the fact that the odds are in the "house's" favour is common knowledge and that over time, players will in all probability eventually lose to the casino, even among the fairest gambling circumstances.

Online casinos which fail to pay their players are referred to in the industry as ‘rogue' casinos. Luckily for the online gaming industry and its inherent cyber nature, these crooked sites are quickly revealed mainly as a result of the incredible speed at which a negative word gets around the world wide web. And if there has ever been a community of folks well versed in the acts of risk, it's gamblers.

Game Over: You're Busted

Indeed, over the years lots of innocent people have been ripped off by fraudulent casinos and the odds are good, unfortunately, that unfair play is lurking in the future. However, even without any noteworthy regulatory measures in place to protect consumers, increasingly more thieves are being busted due to the proliferation of web-based blogs, forums & chat rooms etcetera. Again, even the hint of a bad word about a particular gaming site will travel around the world and back faster than a ‘rogue' casino operator can say, "Get me out of jail!"