[Phil Van Sexton]

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Why would screen-shots be better at detecting this stuff then just noticing how long someone is playing at a shot....looking at HH's, etc? How does this even detect a bot-program? Can't you just remove it from the screen?

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The screen shot will give definative proof. They likely narrow down the number of possible offenders with some automated program that looks for usage patterns (ie playing 3 days straight). Once they have a list of suspects, they can then have someone look at the screen shots. If they see proof, they can then act.

They've likely been doing this for a while, but then notified all the offenders at once. This gave them time to catch people before the WinholdEm people knew about the screenshots and found a workaround.

Like you said, they probably could just hide the WinholdEm window. This is why its so important to punish these people severely when caught. If not, they will quickly find a workaround and try again.

If I were Party, I'd send the offenders an email offering a 100% deposit bonus, wait for them to deposit more, and THEN close their account.