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that do not pay or casinos that cheat.
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But why waste the space and your time, please just view a few
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of casinos which are known cheaters; there will be a link.
*there are many well known names on the list. Keep in mind,
if a casino does not pay out the large amounts owed, it
leaves a lot of money for advertising and the such.
Therefore, it is likely that many casinos that you're very
familiar with, perhaps even play at; will be on that
list.
By Jim Krane
LONDON (APBnews.com) Law enforcement officials say a
fastgrowing number of Internet casinos have the ability to defraud millions of dollars
from unsuspecting gamblers, and are almost impossible to police.
Gambling schemes already appear on some 300 online casino Web
sites based in obscure countries around the globe, according to experts speaking at the
International Criminal Intelligence Analysts Conference recently held here.
No regulation
Gamblers who wager in most landbased casinos can at least count
on regulatory oversight by a government body. On the Internet, oversight and regulation
is, for now, nonexistent.
Some Internet gaming sites may be legitimate, said Allen. But
gamblers and police have no way of knowing. Some sites refuse to pay a gambler's
winnings. Others calibrate their games so players can't win. Some sell players' credit
card information, Allen said.
Some online casinos simply disappear after taking gambling
deposits from bettors, said Allen and Lewis Endlar, a researcher at Britain's Manchester
Metropolitan University. In a single day last year, Allen said eight online casinos
disappeared with wagers they collected.
"Sites are taking wagers, closing down and reopening
elsewhere," Endlar said. "You might think you're a valued customer until, one
day, you log on and the casino isn't there. It can close down in a few seconds. They're
doing this regularly."
And, as the problems and frauds grow, most law enforcement
officials and legislators aren't even aware of the issue, which threatens to become a
crossjurisdictional nightmare of licensing, enforcement and extradition issues, Allen and
Endlar said.
Software protection
In Washington, a startup software company called
Quixotic Solutions, believes it is close to a solution to the issue of
gambling sites' reliability. The company is developing gaming security
software that verifies fairness, said Steve Davis, Quixotic's CEO.
"It gives players a way to shuffle the deck over
the network so that the casino can't manipulate the shuffle," Davis
said. "The player can check on their own computer to see whether they've
been cheated."
In order to function,
Davis said his software must be installed on the casino's Internet
server as well as the gambler's personal computer. The program can't, of
course, ensure that a site pays its winnings.
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