Sometimes it is the players that commit the crimes whereas sometimes it is the house itself that is committing the crime. Unlike a lot of other crime, most of the law breaking involved with websites is nonviolent and not as tragic as things like murder, hunger, and other common plights of our society.
When playing at an online gambling site a lot of
folks will wonder how on earth they can be the victim of a crime. In actuality,
being the victim of a crime is easier than it
is when playing at a brick and mortar establishment. The reason is because all
of your money is being handled electronically, most of the time with little
involvement on your part. For example, you deposit money into PayPal, then that
same money is transferred to the internet site you are playing at and is moved
around by the online cashier. Since a lot of players do not keep track of their
bankroll down to the last penny, there have been instances when websites
were stealing from their players. While the thievery may have only been a penny
or two at a time (eg. An unnoticeable amount), once a casino steals a few
pennies from their hundreds of thousands of players the amount of money which
they have stolen really begins to add up.
A gambling house could repeat this same practice
day in and day out and while you may not realize that pennies are being taken
out of your bankroll, you are slowly losing money while the site
that you are loyal to is illegally raking in profit. This is not something that
you can stop on your own, but by paying close attention to the amount of cash
in your bankroll you will be able to catch the problem before it becomes too
big and alert the appropriate authorities. Countless places have been
shutdown in the past and have faced major penalties all because they couldn’t
simply play by the rules.
Another type of crime is
hacking, which involves third party criminals hacking a particular website in order to garner the personal information of any and all the
players on the site. The information that these hackers are going after
includes bank account and credit card information, but you must also realize
that your home address and contact information is also likely at the disposal
of these hackers. Once again, there is little you, as a player, can do to
thwart hackers because you probably do not even realize that your account has
been hacked. The one preventative measure that you can take is to play with a good reputation. A good reputation means that the site is probably hard to hack and therefore your information will be safe. I
cannot speak to which sites are easy to hack and which sites are not because I
am not a computer hacker. Becoming the victim of a computer hacker via a site is rare, but it has happened before and will probably happen
again.
Heists
We have briefly gone into the details of
how crime happens and just how you can be affected by it, but now
we will explain how crime develops in and around actual houses as well.
Anyone with half of a brain will know that
a gambling house obviously has stockpiles of money in order to pay players and keep
games running, and anywhere there is a pile of money there is a bunch of people
who would like to take that money. Throughout history there have been countless
stories of people who tried to overrun these places and make away with the cash that
they have. Some houseshave been successfully robbed, but most thwart
criminals before they are able to get too far.
Nowadays the amount of security, coupled
with the full-proof nature of that security, are all most places need in order
to prevent people from even thinking about robbing a brick and mortar gambling house.
Card
Counting
In the game of blackjack, people have
discovered that there is a mathematical procedure you can follow to be able to
quite literally “count” the cards in play and be able to determine which card
you will get next as well as the cards other players, including the dealer,
have currently. Card Counting is not allowed in nearly every place but in
order to catch card counters places have to pay incredibly close attention.
For those of you thinking that you may want
to try card counting for yourself, think again, because only those gifted with
superb mathematical skills will be able to count cards effectively and subtly
enough to avoid being discovered. All in all, card counting has paid off huge
for those that have succeeded, but has ended up with big penalties for those
who have failed…and there are plenty of folks who have failed.
Crime is going to be a part of nearly every
industry, that is an inevitability, but being able to understand the type of
crime that affects online these places can be your first step in avoiding becoming a
victim of such a crime. If you, at any point, think that you may be a victim of
an crime you should alert authorities or the website
itself. These are no laughing matters, especially because these palces have
access to loads of personal information that you would not want to be falling
into the hands of people who will take advantage of it.
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