Are Online Casinos Safe? by Jean De Plume
How do you know whether you can trust online casinos? Will they
pay up when you win? How do you know that the games aren't fixed? After all when
the games are digitised they don't have to be random to appear random. Online
casinos could fix it so that the odds are much more favourable to them than they
appear. What might seem like bad luck could be a complex algorithm generating
the results that the house needs to win based on your choices.
Obviously though, if as a company you are intending to be in
business for the long term then you must have the trust of your customers. If
you operate a casino that no-one trusts then you'll have no gamblers. And no
gamblers means no profit, which means your business goes under. To these ends
the majority of online gambling sites, including online casinos, utilise random
number generating software from well known and trusted companies like Wager
Works, Micro Gaming, Play Tech and Cryptologic. If you are gambling online for
the first time or looking for a new site to join then it pays to do some
research into the company. Find out how long they've been established for if you
can. A site that has been operational for a while will probably be legitimate
because it doesn't take long to lose your customers or get shut down if you're
not. Check what random number generating software they use.
Having said this there are a small number of rogue casinos out
there. They are generally short-lived, aiming for the 'quick kill' and then
disappearing as quickly as they arrived. There have also been allegations of
cheating made against larger online casinos such as Casino Bar. Allegations of
cheating have also been made against some of the random number generating
software companies, however they have never been confirmed. Series of random
events do occasionally generate apparent patterns, it is to be mathematically
expected.
There are online casino blacklists containing lists of rogue
casino sites to avoid. However it should be noted that different authors of
these blacklists have different opinions on why casinos have made their lists.
Read the reasons given for each casino's blacklisting and decide for yourself if
you want to play there.
The Wizard of Odds' blacklist Casinomeister's list of rogue
casinos Casino Man's Blacklist
A final consideration is that many casinos are licensed out of
foreign countries and are therefore not subject to the scrutiny of the UK
regulatory bodies. The majority of online casinos are safe, and fun, and if you
win you could win a lot of money. Perhaps enough to hit the tables of Monte
Carlo or Las Vegas with style!
For more articles about online
casinos try this author's casino
gambling blog Casino Lagoon!
About the Author
Jean De Plume also writes
articles for http://www.casinolagoon.co.uk,
a casino gambling blog packed with information on casino games including: poker,
blackjack, craps, roulette, and more.
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