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I experimented with this a few years ago. Even going as far as creating https://bitflop.me . I came to the conclusion that the future legal battles would just not be worth it.
is this project in development?
So, no. Wise decision, at least if you're Stateside. Government wants to preserve its monopoly on gambling.
I'm not sure if losing your customers coins is such a great business model.
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This is my understanding, as well. The anti-gambling/anti-poker laws from "Black Friday" in 2011 actually have to do with banking and USD. This is why there are actually several US-facing card rooms operating out of country semi-legally - they do not do banking in the US, so they are not afoul of laws in most states. I believe New York is a notable exception along with a few other states which sites like Bovada will…
i'm mildly terrible at poker, but trying to improve. unfortunately, it's hard to practice unless money is on the line. i'd like to be able to play online (with smaller blinds and rake than a brick and mortar casino). i'm not interested in being able to "cash out" ... it's a purely money losing proposition because of my lack of skill any idea if there's a way i could play on any of these sites in this manner ?
On the other hand, all of them have low volume of users, so you may not find a game immediately on any of them.
The only gambling occurring is the gambling that this is a trust-worthy implementation of multi-player poker.
Fair enough, but you stand to make a lot more from being trustworthy than not... I think this is an excellent idea.
What? How do you justify that conclusion? That seems at odds with most of the history of gambling.
You make the most money if you appear trustworthy but aren't.
I deposited 0.6 btc, messed around with the site a little bit (didn't play a single game) and ended now there's only 0.07 btc on my account. I'm not sure if losing your customers coins is such a great business model.
It seems like the basic poker-game-algorithm is broken here. I have been able to play without paying blinds, which is not how poker works, generally.
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Fair enough, but you stand to make a lot more from being trustworthy than not... I think this is an excellent idea.
> you stand to make a lot more from being trustworthy than not... What? How do you justify that conclusion? That seems at odds with most of the history of gambling. You make the most money if you appear trustworthy but aren't.
frequently loses connection and when i reconnect the old dealt cards for a hand are not redrawn, only the newly dealt cards for that hand are drawn.
That's a feature. Don't want to look like a noob, peeking at your hole cards more than once...