[paulnortonyoung]

I agree. It seems to me that if "rigging" takes place, it would be far more likely to take the form of making the deals more exciting, encouraging bigger pots amd therefore more rake. On some sites I have actually wondered if this is happening - but I have no stats to be able to say for sure.

On another point, I note that today PartyGaming announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange. So now their share price will be at stake if anything illegit is happening. IMO, this creates a huge disincentive for them to be doing anything underhand. The OP's point about Enron is missplaced - since Enron, the big corporates are running scared of any kind of corporate scandal. I think this makes "rigging" even more unlikely.

Paul