At a
time when online casinos should be at
their peak in terms of reputation and
respect amongst their industry critics
they seemingly couldn't be further.
Long
time respected and leading software
provider for the industry, Microgaming,
has turned a deaf ear to the cries of
thousands of affiliates over the
decision to continue licensing a group
of casinos, the Grand Prive network,
despite their snubbing contracts with
affiliates who have kept their side of
the bargain and are due their
commissions owed.
Entire
network of casinos powered by Playtech
software have been deemed rogue by most
of the industry. Playtech is so widely
blacklisted that this is very old news.
Real
Time Gaming powers a large number of
online casinos providing some of the
best software on the market in terms of
fast fair games that are graphic rich,
but is one of the most notorious for not
policing their licensees. Due to this
fact it is largely understood by those
savvy of the industry that getting paid
from a casino using Real Time Gaming to
provide the games is often the real
gamble, and not whether or not the
player will win when taking on the
casino odds.
Like
with the majority of online casinos
which use a publicly traded casino
software to provide their games, Real
Time Gaming have their game results
determined by a random number generator,
the gold standard for fair games when
playing online or for what the random
number generator was originally built,
the video poker machines you have played
for years inside casinos like those
found in Vegas or Atlantic City.
It
was the implementation of the random
number generator which gave credibility
to the online games in the beginning.
The fairness of the games do not at this
time, nor have they ever since the use
of random number generators was added,
been of question. What is in question is
the integrity of the casino owners and
that of the game providers who are
better in a position than anybody to
police their own licensees.
Ever
since the UIGEA was passed in the United
States the true colors of online casinos
which were once thought to be highly
respectable, have begun to show and they
are much darker than had been thought by
thousands of affiliates who based their
long term future on these networks which
have blatantly broken contracts,
snubbing their noses at partners who
have completed their end of the
agreement in the bargain.
Affiliates in the online gambling world
are a very important aspect which many
casino players are not fully aware. Most
of the positive things to happen in the
industry which effected players have
come because of the pressure exerted by
affiliates who have forums where they
are able to speak to casino management.
When one affiliates approaches a casino
and states they have a player who is
complaining of not getting paid then
other affiliates are quick to join in
the discussion because affiliates
generally want to out any casino that is
not player friendly as a service to
their surfers.