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I have been having this argument with some people on PStars who say that it is rigged.

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And why exactly are these idiots playing a game they believe is rigged?

As others have said here, it is possible that cheating is going on while the overall results appear normal. The logical problem with this whole topic is that it is generally impossible to prove a negative proposition. No amount of evidence will prove conclusively that online poker is not rigged. One example will prove that there is cheating.

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you are correct and that is a good way to look at it...

but one day we may open the paper and find out it's slightly rigged. and would anyone be shocked?

enron and adelphia turned out to be scams (although they was probably some "evidence" beforehand) and i remember that cryptologic's dealing mechanism didn't work properly a few years ago (that's basically "rigged" - turned out they were the victim, but i think it qualifies for what many suspect).