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Originally Posted by Casinomeister
She already PABd
The casino's investigation detected "bot" play for seven hours.
This breaches their terms and conditions:
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This is really disturbing news from a gaming company I regard as supreme and a standout amongst the driftwood on the usual online gaming fare.
On this Forum alone (never mind anywhere else) there are multiple complaints that Betfair are unable to furnish play history. Their technology does not extend to the reproduction of a players hand history.
In the wake of this technological break-down comes allegations of 'bot' play.
It must be said from the outset there is not a speck of evidence that the player used a 'bot'. A company that can not reproduce play history on demand is unlikely to possess enabled technical sophistication to detect 'bot' play on a whim.
But let's assume the player was using a 'bot' for arguments sake.
A 'bot' can not alter the game. A 'bot' can not extend an advantage over any game that is not already inherent within the rules of the casino game. A 'bot' can not generically render an increase in the player's chance of winning ANY hand.
Further, BetFair
activley encourage and promote the use of 'Bot play' on their 'peer to peer' gaming interface and have made sophisticated tools to enable such 'bot' participation.
You see it is okay in BetFair's eyes for one player to make use of a 'bot' to play against another player (as long as BetFair collect it's commission). BetFair will even give you the tools (API) to make it happen.
But woe betide if a player who chances upon a little mechanical assistance to enhance his play at that dreadfully slow, cumbersome and frequently disconnecting Chartwell software that BetFair insist on using.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
To crown it all disaffected players are invited to take their issues to none other than that paragon of licensing virtue the Malteese LGA. Oh brother!!