Cheating at Online Casinos: Is It Really Possible?

To understand why it is effectively impossible to pull the wool over the eyes of online casino software, and what options you have for increasing your chances of winning legitimately, let's unpack this topic in more detail.

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Randomness is the real final boss

All traditional casino games involve an element of randomness, and this has been carried across into the digital realm with online equivalents using very advanced algorithms to come up with random results time after time.

While there have been instances of hackers cracking the art of predicting allegedly random outcomes in online casino software, these are both rare and not within the realms of possibility for most players to achieve.

Furthermore, constant evolutions in the way that randomness is generated mean that there is no system or solution which can hope to cheat online casinos and keep doing so indefinitely.

Game choice matters

Of course randomness is tempered in part by the online casino games you choose to play, and how carefully you have studied them.

With an understanding of essential blackjack tips and tricks, you could significantly increase the likelihood of winning whether you are playing online or at a land-based casino.

In fact, card counting has been used by many people to beat the dealer in blackjack for years, and it's a totally legitimate strategy, even if operators don't like players using it.

Poker is another game which gives you the option to turn the tables if you are skilled and experienced enough, without having to resort to cheating.

Meanwhile slot machines are the most random of the bunch, but do express things like their payout percentage, as well as their volatility, so you can tell roughly how likely it is that you will win if you play.

Rules and regulations are strict

Aside from it being difficult to the point of being effectively impossible to cheat at an online casino, it is also something that will be illegal in most places where this type of industry is licensed and regulated by the authorities.

If you are caught cheating, at the very least you can expect a lifetime ban by the operator you targeted, as well as having your name blacklisted across the rest of the industry.

If you have subverted games and effectively stolen money as a result, then this could be considered a criminal matter, which will leave you facing up to serious charges, an expensive court battle and the potential for a custodial sentence.

Essentially, this means that even if you were able to work out a way of getting around casino rules and software code, the payout will never be worth the dilemmas you'll face when you get found out.

Final thoughts

The old saying of cheats never prosper definitely rings true in an online casino context, as well as more broadly across the world of online gaming, and on to other areas of life as well.

That is not to say that you should simply accept that casinos are there to take your money and do nothing about it.

Use your head, don't get suckered in by games that are overly reliant on completely random outcomes, and get to grips with the rules of the games you do play so that you are more likely to come out on top.

Isabella Humphrey

Update 22 January 2022