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Letter: Online gaming raises a question of trust too

Published 10 March 2021

From David Frankland, Perth, Western Australia

Gambling is a worry on many fronts, including how to trust online games 13 February, p 23. Visit a physical casino and you can see the cards being dealt, the dice being thrown and the roulette wheels spun.

Online, fraudsters can set up a realistic-looking gambling site and write code to make sure certain cards or numbers appear. Got a dispute? Best of luck trying to collect from your “casino” on the other side of the world.

Issue no. 3325 published 13 March 2021

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