Are poker sites legit?

[flobadob]

Do you think poker websites are designed in the same way as games machines and slot machines, as in they pay out 30% for every 100% they make? Or are they random as in a normal card game?

[bunkmoreland]

i dont give one flying fig about percentages or legitimacy! its totally criminal the way this country is persuading it's people to gamble at all!! all those telly ads that glamorise the various sorts of gambling :-(

[wildwood]

Please don't tell me you are about to venture into the dark land of online gambling, flob. If you feel you must make sure that the site you choose is licensed and check it out.

There are some legit sites where you can play for free and even win some money, but make sure you don't give them your card details so they can 'deposit' your winnings into it. Your fee for visiting those sites are tolerating the adverts.

[bazwillrun]

legal or not , gambling of all sorts is a mugs game for 99.9999999% of people.

Remember all the fuss and furore in the 90's about the super casinos that labour were going to give the go ahead to ?.......all the TV and online gambling puts that in the shade, hardly a whisper about it though.

Have you ever seen a poor bookie ?
Close school friends father in law had a small chain of bookies in the Harrow area, and I remember we asked him why he got into it because he didnt seem the sort, whatever the sort is.

Reply was very simple as I stated above "because it's a mugs game".

Him and his wife moved to Monaco some years back after selling up !

[flobadob]

I've played online poker before over the years on and off and generally found them infuriating. I usually felt like they were setting two or three people at a time up with good hands so that everyone assumed they had a winning hand and obviously only one would be the victor. Saying that it could just be coincidence. However if this was the case then surely there would be lawsuits against them and whatnot.

[squarebear]

They have no need to cheat, as they cream a bit off each pot as profit. They don't care who wins.

[Andyvon]

I know someone who has just lost his wife and his house to on-line gaming. He's 63 and retired but he racked up £70,000 in debt to on-line bingo. I know some will say it's his choice but on-line gambling has been made too easy. Until recently, if someone wanted to gamble they had to put their coat on, traipse through the rain and physically enter a bookies or bingo hall. They were limited to opening hours and most could only spend whatever money they had in their pocket.

Now those limits have been removed. Gamblers can just sit at home and clock up huge debts on credit cards 24 hours a day. It's not just it being a matter of choice. Many gamblers do have a very real problem which not affects them and their families, but society too. When people lose their jobs, homes, health etc we all have to pick up the pieces.

These on-line sites should be closed down.

[wildwood]

Simple solution for the govt. - gambling is only allowed with cash.

[Nosha123]

Hi know a young woman. Mother of 4 kids . All badly behaved. And she is in benefits. Gambles online most of her spare time. In my mind... We must surely be laying too much to people in benefits if they can afford to gamble, smoke or drink alcohol! Hardly essentials for living!!!