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I understand why people do emotionally, but working in tech I just know there's no such thing as "online gambling". Even random number generators can't be 100% random. This takes that and adds on businesses that want to be profitable and minimal oversite.
I don't know how people can believe it's fair and not rigged. You're telling me out of all of those millions of lines of code, nothing in there skews a bit to the house to screw you over? Nah, they'll keep your money. Any wins you may have are because they let you have them.
It's all rigged, technically. If you go to a real life casino, slots are certified to pay out some percentage of plays. It's like, 8%.
If you play craps, roulette - the house always has the edge because there's more results favorable to them.
The only "casino" game where the house doesn't have an edge is poker because that's player against player. The house doesn't really have a stake in any outcome, they're just being paid to host the game.
There's also blackjack, but you have to start with a large sum, and count cards. Technically there's nothing wrong with that, but you'll get kicked out.
Edit: woops. Yeah the other guy already made my point.
No! Only we can rig games in our favor! Get out! -casinos