Tracking Online Cheaters in Poker

prostoalex writes "MSNBC has a special report on discovering online cheats at AbsolutePoker.com. A Costa Rican company belonging to a Canadian tribe at first denied all the accusations of any cheating going on, but after Serge Ravitch made a scrupulous analysis of the games' events, the reputation of AbsolutePoker.com was at stake. A detailed log file provided investigators with necessary details: an employee and partial owner of the site was one of the players involved, and having direct access to other players' cards allowed him to improve his game substantially."

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ORLY?

[omgamibig]

Playing poker online is just asking for being cheated, no?

Re:Silly gamblers

[ILuvRamen]

what cards? Online casinos can program it so deal you a seventeen of circles "card" if they want. They're ALL a scam. You can program them to do anything and you can't see if your other players are who they say they are or if they even exist at all! I can right now make a casino where nobody ever wins and people would fall for it for a while. All of them should be outlawed everywhere.