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How to Locate Dishonest Online Casinos and Poker Rooms

Here you will find ways to help guarantee that your online casino is 100% legitimate and offers you an actual chance to win money.

Software:
There are only 3 or 4 major software providers for online casinos and poker rooms. Every legitimate online casino I have been too will tell you someplace on the site where they got the software from. If you are unable to locate the name of the company then maybe you should avoid laying at this particular online casino or poker room. This does not mean they are not an honest casino, but it does meant that there is a better chance of the software being flawed or designed to steal your money.

Judging a Casino by its Cover:
Online casinos and poker rooms bring in millions of dollars a year. If you go t a casinos website and the site itself looks cheap and poorly designed or if the different menus do not work properly if may be a sign that the casino is less then the best and maybe this is a fly by night operation and after you deposit your money with them they may disappear. This may just be a new online casino, and they do not have the money for a good web designer, but I recommend only playing in a well established online casino or poker rooms. This will ensure that the casino you play in will be honest and all you have to worry about is collusion and web hackers, but that is a different story completely.

Message Boards:
It is a good idea to investigate what other people think of the online casino you are thinking about depositing your money into. Message boards are a great place to do that. There are many online gambling related message boards where you will find any complaints about any casino. You will find complaints on all casinos both online and land based, sometimes when people lose money they will try to blame the casino or the other players because god forbid they may have just lost without cheating being involved.
If most of the postings about Joe's online casino then do not trust them with your money, and if most of the posts are good about Joe's online casino and poker room then you can feel safer about depositing money and gambling with them.

Friends, Neighbors and Co Workers:
Talking to people you know is the best way to get information about anything that you can trust. If you ask around the people you know, someone you know is bound to play in online casinos or at least know someone who has. This information can be more trustworthy then anything and useful then any information you will find on the internet.

Collusion and Hacking:
Security is a major issue for online casinos and poker rooms. An online casino can be legitimate but still have shenanigans taking place. The casino can have their network hacked into and thieves can drain your account and sometimes you run into what is called collusion. This is when several friends will log on to the same online casino or poker room and will use other software to talk to each other to cheat the other players out of their money. Online casinos have special security programs that can locate people doing things like this and stop them before they can ruin your online gaming experience. Make sure you check about the online casinos security policies before you start playing there.

The best way to make sure you play at a safe online casino or poker room is to ask your friends what casinos they prefer and chances are it’s a good and safe online casino.