I tell you i don't mind,. and i will tell you why.I don't play at Ultimatebet. Cant imagine how UB players must feel, or do they even know???
These allagations have been going on for quite awhile--YES--UB admits that they were hacked into by ex-employees last winter, I think. They were from mostly the higher stakes tables--and since then, a HUGE investigation has been going on and the new owners have assured everybody that everything is being done that can be done to rectify the situatio---The cheating has since stiopped! As far as getting your money back, I highly doubt it! If you expect UB to give you lost money back then every site you ever lost money on should do the same! Last March UB refunded me $10, called it a 'mass refund', they returned different amounts to people who played at the time the cheating was going on, depending on the limits they played at--the higher the limits--the more the refund--so, I really don't think there's too much to worry about at UB anymore. If there was, CC wouldn't be involved with them any more, don't ya think?SOB's....i have lost money on Ultimatebet....r they going to credit me the money i have lost because of possible cheating at tables?
]I tell you i don't mind,. and i will tell you why.
They found the cheating and are making it right by giving the money back, also they took out the hole so it can't be done again...
I think i will still play there, i also tend to play there more then any outer site.....
[By the way did Absolute Poker even give back the money????
I just noticed when this thread was started!! LAST MAY right after this whole UB thing came out!! So it really is no longer relavent as UB has since pretty much resolved the issue!After staying silent for months, when everyone knew what was going on, Ultimatebet finally came out with the statement...
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I'm a programmer and the way they describe the RNG on UB is about as random as possible. They don't create the decks ahead of time so each random number being served is dependent on the random numbers being served on other tables. Beyond the computerized random number generation this adds a human element no one can predict or control. If there's 3000 decks of cards out there and each person is taking more or less time deciding to bet or not then the order that your tables card will be served is pretty random. Coupled with the seed coming from some form of "white noise" signal (which is pretty random in itself) and them randomly taking the seeds off different stacks as well, if they're actually doing it this way I feel pretty safe that the cards are completely random.The real scam at Ultimatebet has nothing to do with the cheating players. The REAL scam involves the RNG they developed themselves. Which has NEVER been audited or checked for consistency and fairness by a third party.
Other sites like PokerStars uses an industry standard RNG and has been audited more then once. As a matter of fact, I do not know of ANY other poker sites using their own RNG. Hmmmmm...
- 4FlushCrush:dontknow:
This is the kind of nonsense that starts rumors/wives tales.This is why I don't play online for real money.
Software has holes. It can't be helped. Hackers will always figure out how to break in. It's just not that hard.
I have several hacker/programmer friends who beg me to let them do that for me. They just want the rush.
One of them is the guy who wrote the RNG for the California lottery. This guy knows RNG's intimately, and is the reason why I always disagree with anybody who says the online poker RNG's are right. They are not right. I know this for a fact from a higher authority. They can't be made to be right either.
To make you guys believe me is fruitless. None the less, I will continue to rail the RNG's.
Any halfway good hacker can hack these sites. And they do. Regularly.
I'm a programmer and the way they describe the RNG on Ultimatebet is about as random as possible. They don't create the decks ahead of time so each random number being served is dependent on the random numbers being served on other tables. Beyond the computerized random number generation this adds a human element no one can predict or control. If there's 3000 decks of cards out there and each person is taking more or less time deciding to bet or not then the order that your tables card will be served is pretty random. Coupled with the seed coming from some form of "white noise" signal (which is pretty random in itself) and them randomly taking the seeds off different stacks as well, if they're actually doing it this way I feel pretty safe that the cards are completely random.