[return to the red]

Originally Posted by ericschand

Online you see many many more hands than at a casino or house game.

Thus, the number of bad beats you see will also increase.

However, I think most sites are rigged. Not an advantage to the house per se,
they get their money anyways, rather rigged on trying to keep people around
and drive the rake up.

Something along the lines of how long you have been a customer, plus your
skill level, plus your playing history, the amount you deposit, etc. And some
times if you are plus plus plus on all those, you win. Other times you lose.
The pendulum swings all over the place, changing every so often. The
formula on who wins may change given all sorts of conditions.

Make sure the poor players can win enough to stick around, but also
make sure the good players also win every so often to keep them around.

Can the games be audited and determined fair? Sure, not too difficult
to make sure of that too, after all if you pre-determine the outcome,
you can pre-determine 1 billion hands too. It just matters on who
gets what hands and when.

Good post, my thoughts exactly based on personal experience