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I remember reading an article years ago where a video-poker machine manufacturer "trained" the machine using real playing behavior of famous poker stars...

For German machines I can say they're not a target market for ML or other "experimental" stuff given the ultra strict regulations here. More or less illegal online casinos however are the new Wild West of the gambling industry.

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Video poker and the type of poker played by 'famous poker stars' (Texas Hold'em generally, if it's televised) are entirely different things.

And technically Poker isn't gambling as the outcome is not random like wise horse racing.

There have to be verifiably fair ethereum gambling contracts right?

Apparently, yes. I wonder how legal it is, it's probably got pretty good margins.

I've certainly seen gambling sites around bitcoin, where there is an indelible audit trail if not an actual enforceable contract.

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