Honesty of internet casino

The issue of integrity of casino games is still unresolved, yet very important. Playing outcomes are generated by servers of online casinos, and then they’re forwarded to the player and appear on his screen. In short, theoretically online gambling facilities have an opportunity to rig the final outcome. But does it in happen in reality?

The major criterion for casino integrity is the honesty of games in it. For instance, the expected RTP (return to player) in roulette with a single zero is approximately 97%, it means that the house has a 3% edge. Should a player make a big number of bets and the result vastly differs from the control digits, something is wrong. However, we need to be able to understand that a single player is unable to make a big selection - and if you see red color on roulette for eight times in a row, or you keep losing ten straight bets, this is not a reason to claim that the casino is dishonest. It's just probability.

Special audit companies come to the big stage here, and the biggest of them is PricewaterhouseCoopers. The biggest slots and gambling software producers provide reports certified by this audit company. The Mechanism is the following: the company installs its server which records all the results of all the games. After the reporting period ends, the result of the audit company is compared with the results of the casino. If there is no divergence, PWC representative signs the corresponding report. Theoretical returns are shown at the casinos’ websites - that is where one could evaluate the online facility integrity and decide, whether it’s worthy to play there or not.

There are special websites with the results of games of different players with quite a big selection is there; real results are compared to the theoretical ones. In result of the proof the conclusion about soft integrity or its absence is made; the results are available at the web site and can be discussed in the corresponding forum.

Many online casinos calculate the RTP themselves and publish the stats of payout on different games (hot games for instance) - however, these reports shouldn’t be trusted entirely: if the casino is somehow cheating, nothing will stop them from publishing the wrong result.

An important source of information about the integrity of the casino is the opinion of the gambling society. If players believe one or another casino is dishonest (or honest), that is possible to believe. Learn about the opinion of other players by visiting the various gaming forums.

People must realize that online casinos could be honest at one game and dishonest in the other. For example, there is no point in scheming on Keno or slots for casinos as casino’s edge is obvious there. “Correction” is usually made at roulette, video poker, and blackjack as the most popular games.

Software of the major soft producers (notable companies are Playtech, RTG, Microgaming, Cryptologic, NetEnt and others) is considered honest and rightfully so. Surely, there are honest casinos with software of other producers, but it makes sense to know the opinion of other players about integrity here.