On Line Poker Integrity

For over 2 years now I have been exploring the issues with on line gaming, specifically on line poker, dealing with the trust and integrity of the electronic data for players.

The bottom line is that on line poker is different than live poker in many respects. The most important aspect is that in live poker players are witnesses to the integrity of each hand they play. They can physically see the shuffle, the cuts and the deal. They conceal their own cards and have complete confidence that no one playing knows what they are holding. Online poker does not provide a player with this confidence. The player has to completely rely on the poker site to ensure the fairness of the games they play. And I believe most of the sites are trying to do the right thing, but are they doing everything they can to build player's trust?

I don't think they are and I think it's going to be up to the players to demand the right steps be taken to provide the necessary information to prove the games being played are fair, unbiased and free of internal fraud.