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Comment by bezaorj | Hacker News Reader

This will promote a flood of apps exploring real-money gambling on all platforms. Google and Apple are probably worried on the due diligence on this kind of games, if the odds are respected, if there is no possibility of rigged games, etc etc

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We actually take this very seriously at Betable. We do due diligence on all games that go live with our platform. There are two reasons: the legal reasons, and because the long-term health of our ecosystem depends on it. If players get ripped off, they won't come back. We're going to make sure every game is legal, fair and fun for those reasons.

I imagined this was one of the main concerns.. what I learned now from your comment, is that everything runs through Betable, makes a lot of sense, but Apple probably would still want to be extra careful. Are Google, Apple and MS already doing due diligence on Betable to approve the games that would go live with your platform? Will it work like a "Betable seal of approval" ?

Does this include checksums of server-side code, or random interval testing?

I am not sure how deeply you can go into your vetting process publicly, but I'd love to know how you can prevent a shadier company from pulling a bait-and-switch to change the odds of their games after you've approved them as a trusted vendor.

I can't go into more detail about our vetting process, but I can tell you that game companies cannot change the odds of their game without our approval.

Fair enough - I sort of figured you wouldn't be able to comment on it.

You guys have a really smart team, though, so I'm sure you have something awesome figured out. Congrats on the exposure this should net you! :)

It is hard to imagine that a noticable fraction of gamblers would be able to understand if they are being ripped off. Only a small corps of elite poker players and card counters would notice, but the usual hordes of slot machine pullers will dominate the audience.

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