Fixed games at online casinos

Fixed games at online casinos are not as common as some claim. In fact you're more likely to get cheated by non-payment than fixed games.

Many novices to online gambling think that the games are fixed or that if an online casino is going to cheat them its by having games that don't pay off but that is a misconception. Many online casinos lease the games they provide their players and have no control over how those games payout. The game providers are all about reputation. As long as their games have a good reputation of providing fair-odds results the game software will continue to be accepted by the online gambling world even if a casino that uses that software gains a bad reputation.

Most online casinos with a bad reputation have gained that nasty honor because they didn't pay players on large cash-ins. Players won they just didn't get paid and that is one area the software game providers will not get involved. Microgaming casino software, the leader in the industry, has been known to always make sure players got paid any money that was left in an account of a casino which went out of business that was powered by that software but that is the extent of the software providers stepping in and doing anything on behalf of the players.

Some online casinos lease a game software which is much less expensive than Microgaming and it is anybody's guess how stable they require the casinos to be financially before they will lease the games out. This is scary news for the average online gambler not savvy to which establishments to avoid and which to spend their time and money.