The Facts About Cheating in Online Poker

How frequent is cheating in online poker?

The answer is: slim to none.

How sure can we be about this?

The answer: very sure.

We understand your apprehension. Like any player, you want to make sure you're getting fair odds every time you play poker online. We understand your misgivings. Since neither you nor your opponents can see how the virtual dealer draws cards, it is easy to conjure that the unseen dealer is controlling the odds or outcome of the game or the drawing of cards.

Come to think of it--- what benefit will poker rooms get if they are indeed doing some hocus pocus with the cards?

Nothing.

Remember that poker is a game between players, not between dealer or house and player. This is the practical reason why cheating in online poker, from the card room's end, is nothing but an inane idea. Online poker rooms generate profit from rakes and entry fees, not by altering players' game odds. Imagine a scenario where a poker room is discovered to cheat. All poker players then withdraw their accounts from the poker room. The poker room is driven, thereby, to bankruptcy.

Poker rooms know that the only way to earn more is to keep their players loyal and to gain more players. Integrity is essential to their business. This is why cheating in online poker is simply not poker rooms' cup of tea.

This is also why poker rooms import the best in anti-hacking technology. By doing so, they prevent cheating in online poker by external agents. By doing so, they are protecting not only the players' interest, but, equally, their interest.

The drawing of cards, in virtual poker, is done by a random number generator or RGN. RGNs are engineered to be secure from spyware and hacking to prevent, of course, cheating in online poker.

Poker sites are also under constant check by third party audits. Auditing firms like Pricewater Coopers and Kahnawake Gaming Commission regularly examine the security functioning of poker sites and their RGNS to make sure that online poker rooms provide their players nothing but fair odds.

To repeat, the issue of cheating in online poker is nothing but absurd. If you think poker sites themselves commit cheating in online poker, think again. They would profit nothing from doing it. Can poker sites be hacked? Hardly so. A poker software is armed with the best security weapon.