I was browsing through the "older archives" and came accross the very first post in the Internet Forum when it was created in January of 2000.
The Zoo's First "Online Poker Is Rigged" Thread
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# Internet Poker Cheating
Posted by: George M. Rice, Jr. (Yorick@mindspring.com)
Posted on: Saturday, 29 January 2000, at 6:00 p.m.
Oooo, new forum, let me be the first. ;-)
I'm concerned that as internet poker becomes more popular, the "casinos" will be tempted to cheat. They could do this by having robot players at a table and fix it so that these robots win more than their share of hands. How's one to know if a player really exists? One or two robot players at a table could make quite a bundle for the casino over time, and cost us players a lot. It's probably not hard to right the software to do it.
I do think someone will try something like this eventually. Anywhere where there's money to be made is sure to attract the worst element. And with these casinos off-shore, we would have no redress even if we could prove it, which would be impossible to do if done right.
So what does everyone else think about this?
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