Talk:Online casino
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"Online gambling" redirects here. I'm not so sure this is a good idea. In Vegas and most other places in the world, it is common to see poker, sports betting, and casino games all in the same place. Online, this is by far less common: many sites run just a poker room, or are just a betting exchange/bookmaker, or just a casino, etc., so "online casino" covers only about a third of what could be called "online gambling". - furrykef (Talk at me) 20:05, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Legality
- Playing at online casinos is against United States law, but the federal government is finding it difficult to enforce this law even though the vast majority of online players are Americans.
I doubt online gambling is actually illegal in the United States. Somebody name a law before saying things like this. (I know the Federal Wire Act doesn't apply.) - furrykef (Talk at me) 05:39, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Bonus hunting
I wrote the section about bonuses. I'd like to say that so far this year (starting January 1), I've turned $550 into nearly $4000 through bonus hunting -- it really does work. :) At first I didn't want to add it to the article, fearing that it may help cause more bonuses to dry up, but I doubt enough people will hit casinos just because they read about it on Wikipedia to cause any concern. - furrykef (Talk at me) 13:33, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] gamblingcommission.com
I was about to restore the gamblingcommission.com link but the anon user seems to be correct. This is not a valid regulatory organization. - Tεxτurε 15:42, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
- Right. Leave it off. - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:16, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Casino Blacklists
I don't think it's appropriate to recommend a large number of casino blacklists from casino affiliate sites here, but I'd be interested in other opinions. It seems like this is clearly not the neutral point of view we should be aiming for. Rray 16:23, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
- I agree. A short paragraph or sentence saying numerous portals or watchdog groups offer blacklists is what we should do. There is no reason to enumerate them here, and plenty of reason not to. Rray, I'd support you in redoing that section. 2005 20:31, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
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- While maybe a direct link to the blacklist section doesn't belong, I think a link to www.wizardofodds.com (which was recently reverted, though there was another more questionable link to go with it) belongs. Though it does make use of affiliate links, the website is one of the most informative about online gaming, including correct odds and strategy for a large number of games and some original analysis. It is used by a fair number of people, including recreational players, more serious players, and bonus hunters. "wizardofodds.com" gets 31,000 google hits, and the maintainer is not the type to spam his site, so I would imagine a large portion of the hits is legitimate. Skimming over the results seems to confirm this as well. - furrykef (Talk at me) 19:10, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
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- Its a fine site, but so are plenty of others. There is no reason to link it from this article. An additional link to http://www.dmoz.org/Games/Gambling/Guides/ where wizard and others are linked would seem fine. 2005 19:37, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Playtech Software
Playtech software belongs on the lists of software clients commonly used to power online casinos. It would be inappropriate to leave the software out because you think it's "not random". (Playtech powers at least 65 casinos, possibly more, making it one of the more significant software providers.)
Also Casino Tropez includes a certification letter regarding the randomness of the software here.
There is a Playtech. It "might" be appropriate to question the integrity of the software in the article there if a neutral POV is maintained, but I would say that some type of citation would be appropriate before doing so. Rray 00:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
- Playtech are actually the software provider for over 100 online casinos. They are withoutout doubt one of the better casino softwares. Other casino softwares are Real Time Gaming, Microgaming, Boss Media, Cryptologic etc. All Playtech casinos are covered by the Playtech TST certification. This is an independent inspection, audit and test of the Random Number Generator (RNG) that is used within the online casino games. It proves that the games have totally random outcomes. the main playtech casinos are Golden Palace (www.goldenpalace.com), Euro Grand (www.eurogrand.com) and La Isla (www.laislacasino.com). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.35.23.92 (talk) 10:00, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Merged?
Who merged the bonus whoring page into this article? I think they should be separate. Online bonuses and bonus whoring could maybe be one article, but this article should primarily be about online casinos. GusChiggins21 (talk) 19:12, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- Multiple editors discussed this and agreed to the merge before it was acted on. There were no objections to the merge. "Bonus whoring" is too specific a topic to be notable enough for an article of its own. Notability requires coverage from multiple reliable sources.Rray (talk) 22:08, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
- This article already had several paragraphs on bonuses. It's pretty silly to have a different article talking about bonuses again just to make the point that you can turn a profit with them. One way to do it would be to make another article about bonuses and hunting together, but at this point the article works fine the way it is. In general its is better to deal with subjects in one place. If the article got much longer (which is unlikely) splitting off sections could make sense, but bonuses are just one aspect of playing at an online casino so it works fine here. And more importantly, we need to avoid several such redundant articles. 2005 (talk) 23:49, 16 December 2007 (UTC)