FBI says cheating is easy in online poker

News has it that FBI finds online poker cheat-prone.

According to a top FBI official’s letter to US Rep. Spencer Bachus, online poker could easily be cheated and could be done in various methods. Written on the 13^th of November, Shawn Henry said that “online poker vendors could detect this activity and put in place safeguards to discourage cheating, although it is unclear what the incentive would be for the vendor.”

What Henry said might be correct. Quite a few times, keen observant have seen such glitches in online poker. But the thing is, he should have not generalized his conclusion as true to all online poker operators, online casinos and poker rooms. The fault of one can’t be the fault of everybody. If one has ruined reputation because of its vulnerability to online poker cheating, it should not speak and stain those online poker operators who have had a good performance.

This testimony could be used against online gambling legalization, but it is not a strong enough argument to put down a strong force of followers of online gambling. They would need more proof on this than just mere observation and letters with statements that online gambling is prone to cheating. They would need more than just the drive to stop or slow down the move to legalize online gambling.