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The rigged games were Reel Deal and Hi/Lo Gambler.

These games were offered by companies such as BetFred and NordicBet.

Basically both games involve choosing the card that will come next, and you get paid at the exact odds that the card will appear. The games were promoted as having ZERO house edge -- meaning that, in the long run, the player would break even.

Unfortunately, only the play money game really operated this way. The real money game actually gave a 4% house edge, and even worse, was "adapting" to player results, meaning that it would force you to lose even in the short term. This is far worse than a standard house-edge game, where you will lose in the long run but could possibly get lucky and win a lot in the short term.

The games in question use cards to determine the outcome. A Spanish 21 deck is used. This means that tens are omitted but all other cards are in the deck. A player would expect that one card would be just as likely as another one to be drawn. This was not the case. While the free play game played correctly, the real money game would determine what outcome a player chose and then only give them a 48% chance of winning. This caused a 100% payback advertised game to pay back only 96%. It is clear that this game is an adaptive game, meaning that a player could never choose the correct side because the player’s wagers were taken into account when determining an outcome.
Lottomatica has received a recommendation for approval to offer online poker to Nevada residents. They will be in front of the Nevada Gaming Control Board next week for full approval. It will be interesting to see if this issue comes up, or if they are approved . All other companies this deep in the process have been approved so far.

As of the time of this posting, to my knowledge, nobody has been refunded their losses yet, even though the casinos offering this game said they would do so.