Online Casino Respectability Is Faltering

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.