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Originally Posted by Simmo!
Soflat is right. You may feel "cheated", it looks *very* suspicious, and it wasn't a random game. But the fact is we can only speculate as to why this came about. Yes it's incredibly fishy, but if you took this to a court of law claiming it was a deliberate "cheat" with the "proof" presented in this thread, you'll be in there for about 10 minutes. At best you'll get a ruling that it was an unfair game, but even then, do we know that EH state the gamble is supposed to be 50/50? Or have we just assumed that? (no, I really don't know)
Issues like this require a balanced view, not an emotional one, if they are to be taken anywhere. That's no sleight on you TLN, as I think this is one of the most interesting threads in a long time, and for me personally, I won't be playing here.
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In America (and the UK) there is a doctrine known as res ipsa loquitor, or, "the thing speaks for itself". In fact it is statistical in nature. Given that the software is cheating, what is the probability that it is cheating because the casino deliberately manipulated it? If that is > 50%, you win on summary judgment.
I'm not sure it matter if they did it deliberately, since they re responsible for what their software does. But I'd say this evidence may well be enough to win a court case, on summary judgment. So you might be there for 10 minutes, at which point you will already have won!
It would depend to some extent on the nature of the programming... how likely is such an error to occur by accident? My guess is not likely at all. And in a court case you could have a few expert coders testify to that and that would be it, you'd win. No direct evidence of the casino's actions is needed.
But in this "court" of public opinion, I suppose we could use one or two knowledgeable people speaking to this likelihood before we can out and out brand them deliberate cheaters.