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Old 23rd May 2006, 09:12 PM
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I dunno. When lawnet first posted this, I was skeptical. I've seen tons of these kinds of claims and usually they turn out to be normal variance.

But then I tried it for myself. And watched as other posters got the same 2:1 results that I got - and that lawnet originally posted.

This lasted about two days.

Then EH updated its software, and the results returned to normal -- if anything, they seemed to have introduced a player advantage. Perhaps they hoped to cover up the earlier bias.

EH had three options at that point. They could ignore it, claim their software was fair, of go the "bug" route.

They chose the worst option first. They posted a long-winded explanation saying their games were fair, and our results were bogus.

Eventually they switched to the bug route, perhaps realizing the first defense wouldn't wash, and provided Spear with some lines of code to back up their claim.

Spear, you might think I'm biased, because - as far as I was concerned, the case was closed as soon as EH posted the "our software is fair" claim - if not before that. They could have had Maria Theresa come down from heaven and swear on a stack of bibles on their behalf - at that point - and it wouldn't have made a dif.

I've never had lunch with the owners, I've never promoted their products, I'm not an affiliate, and I've never had anything to do with the affiliate industry in any way, shape or form.

My only interest in this thing is as a player, nothing else. And as a player, I couldn't imagine playing at a casino that has a proven record of cheating, regardless of whether it was intentional or not.

Your defense is that they're incredibly incompetent. But if they really are that incompetent, how can you also argue they're too competent to cheat in such an obvious way?

And if they were competent cheaters, would they have been caught?

I've asked this before, but I'm going to ask it again - suppose EH had fixed the jackpot payment, so it never got paid (and who's to say they didn't?) How many millions of trials would it take to prove such a thing?

I understand you sympathize with these guys, and you'd like to see players give them a break.

But I don't sympathize with them. They're in business to make money. And if they can't - or won't - provide a fair game, I see no reason to give my money to them.
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