I just got finished reading an article over at the NY Times concerning a particular web site which hosted a poker tournament, in which it is now concluded that one of the participants was cheating. To add insult to injury, the cheater was also a part owner of the gambling site. I was shocked! 

The writer further states that there is a certain amount of ‘trust’ involved in gambling online and also that the people could be facing ‘prison terms’ for the alleged cheating. I don’t want to burst his bubble but from the comments posted it would appear that the site is outside of the US and as far as ‘trust’ goes,  one would suspect that the site wasn’t very trustworthy to begin with.

I’m not sure how many people gamble at online casinos, but isn’t doing so a gamble in itself? How does anyone really know what is going on behind the scenes? I think anyone who gambles on the Internet is taking a huge risk, especially if they are sending money to enter into a contest, no matter how trust worthy one may think it is.

I’m not criticizing the players for being naive, but I personally would not trust any online gambling site, no matter who was running it.

What about you? Would you gamble online?

Comments welcome.
Complete article here.

[tags]gambling, online, cheaters, tournament, money, prison term, trust,  [/tags]