Very interesting article on PartyPoker founder

[Akverno]

I find it amazing that someone related to the gambino crime family was involved in the creation of the most popular gamlbing software. Not to mention the other scams that the key players were involved with. It makes me question whether or not the software, which is guarenteed by the government of Gibraltar, is rigged in such a way that big hands go up against one another more often and that draws are more frequent then they should be (therefore a rake based on pot size would get bigger as more money entered the pot). And because of the source software would be held off site and no consumer would be able to see the randomizing engine, gives me the shivers.

[2Tone]

Welcome Akverno. Appreciate your quality posts.

I don't believe that Party is rigged, based on the risk/reward ratio. They can simply make too much money by not cheating their players. The chance of them running above board is even greater now that they are a publicly traded company.

But I did find the article troubling. I think Party isn't rigged just because it is (I hope) more profitable for them not to be, not because I trust them. It is interesting that there is no way the founder of Party could get a gambling license in the United States. And it makes me wonder if this hurts the legalization cause.