How to Locate Dishonest Online Casinos and Poker Rooms

Here are some helpful and informative tips on how to avoid being suckered by a dishonest online casino.

Online Casino Programs:
I have played at more then 20 major online casinos and poker rooms and the first thing I noticed is that out of the 20 or so sites I visited they all used the same software. This software is only written by 2 or 3 companies and all the most reputable and successful online casinos use it. Who produced the software can usually be found at the bottom of the casino homepage or on an inner page with information about the online casino. Just because an online casino is not written by these companies does not mean they are not offering you fair odds or that they are cheating their players in any way, but it is my experience that if they are going to invest the money for these very expensive programs then chances are Better that they are going to be legitimate.

Judging a Casino by its Cover:
Online casinos and poker rooms bring in millions of dollars a year. If you go t a casinos website and the site itself looks cheap and poorly designed or if the different menus do not work properly if may be a sign that the casino is less then the best and maybe this is a fly by night operation and after you deposit your money with them they may disappear. This may just be a new online casino, and they do not have the money for a good web designer, but I recommend only playing in a well established online casino or poker rooms. This will ensure that the casino you play in will be honest and all you have to worry about is collusion and web hackers, but that is a different story completely.

Chat Rooms and Forums:
Before playing in any online casino or poker room I recommend that you go to some chat rooms and forums that talk about online casino gambling; look for posts talking about the online casino you are thinking about opening a player account with and see what other players have to say about that casino. Chances are you will find some good posts about any online casino and poker room no matter how dishonest they are just because the people who work for that casino probably spam the forums with good reviews for their casino, but if most of the comments are bad or if you can not find any posts at all about a particular online casino or poker room then I recommend you pick a different online casino and poker room.

Web Search:
By just doing a simple web search for the online casinos name you can find out a lot of information on any online casino. You can find out the online casinos owner and you can find many user online casino reviews for that specific casino. Be aware of these reviewes many of them are written by employees of the casinos marketing department. You have to use your own judgment in determining which ones are real and which ones were written by professionals.

Security:
Most reputable online casinos will offer their customers the best and most up to date security possible. This is to ensure that the online casino is safe from hackers that would want to break in and drain money from the casino, and to make sure the casino is safe from collusion. This is when two or more players work together to win money from the casino or from the other players in the poker rooms.

The best way to make sure you play at a safe online casino or poker room is to ask your friends what casinos they prefer and chances are its a good and safe online casino.