but if the site uses a random number generator then the site itself doesn't know what cards are coming next
I studied internet security witin my degree last year and I posed this exact question. The lecturer himself plays online poker. there is a consortium (can't remember the name) that regulates poker sites etc. There is deffinately one for the united kingdom and united states which makes sites such as will hill and paradise poker safe. Random number generators are just that random, so not even the site itself can determine what is coming next. It's exactly like dealing in real life without the possiblity of seeing the bottom of the card etc. The only question this leaves me with is can a site override the deal and deal it's own cards out. Why would this aid the site? I wandered this too, perhaps to keep players that are losing regulary playing in order to keep taking money from them.. i.e give them a winning river. I can't imagine sites such as will hill getting away from this. I will say there is no way a player sitting away from the will hill servers can access it and see what is coming next, could they access it and instead of seeing what is coming next give them self a card? I don't know.. will hill would see i.p numbers etc and know whom was doing it.. but the user would still be extremely good if he a)knew you could do it and b)did it.
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