Sunday, August 29, 2010

It’s Easy to Play Pokies at an Online Casino

It’s Easy to Play Pokies at an Online Casino

The irony of all this is twofold. Firstly, the law itself is rather arbitrary. While electronic table games were prohibited, Australian casinos were allowed to operate pokies, which are also electronic and could be equally addictive to a problem gambler. Furthermore, any gambler could go home and access electronic table games and pokies by downloading an online casino, some of which are legal in the Land Down Under.

Pokie Machines Can Defend Themselves

Secondly, while human table game dealers were trained to spot problematic behaviour, human error is a likely common occurrence. Also, dealers were likely to give undue leeway to problematic clients since no one wants to upset a potentially unstable and addicted individual by cutting him off from the source of his addiction. This could be an uncomfortable situation for the dealer. However, a pokie machine does not make subconscious, subjective, human decisions. An intelligent algorithm on an electronic pokie game could immediately spot a problematic trend developing and alert casino security to the exact terminal without the gambler noticing. These algorithms are not some concept of science fiction. Many online casinos have employed these methods for years to identify problem gamblers and encourage them to seek assistance.

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