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December 22, 2023, 07:30:43 PM
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The casino owners are mostly bettors. They have virtually unlimited credit, can write off debts if necessary, know the strengths and weaknesses of the various games of their casino, and the croupier will do everything possible to win the owner (who wants to be fired?).
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December 22, 2023, 07:46:20 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.

Yes, but they'll be doing so in the full knowledge that it is only a bit of fun and they're going to be throwing away absolutely tiny amounts of their wealth. People tend not to become successful gambling company owners by falling for the same traps as their customers, but they certainly get mega rich off them. Successful business owners of any kind tend to be entrepreneurs that are aware that they need to keep control of inputs and outgoings if they want to make a profit. They'll apply the same logic to their own finances along with good discipline, not the kind of people to fritter away money on an addiction, which is why they are only ever doing it for a bit of entertainment among many activities in their lives.

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December 22, 2023, 07:59:13 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
For sure they do,  most of the casino owners are even active in their live streaming and you can see how active they are on the games so that being said it goes along to answer your question of if casino owners also gamble on their own casino.

Many times,  some people believe that casino operators control the outcome of games,  but in reality, we must know that casinos are systems that are being run and at some point, it becomes clear that even the casino owner will be treated as a customer and not an insider he has to work to win the games and besides he can also lose too.
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December 22, 2023, 08:14:45 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.

OP, I want you to understand that there is no restriction that prevent the owners of bet company to bet, not if there is terms and conditions isn't he bet company owners that put it, so how will someone restrict him or herself in their own firm that's not possible and you know it, before anyone think of establishing a bet firm he or she will either be a better or someone that has interest in betting, so op bet company owners bet too it must.not be in their own platform, gambling is luck, we never can tell who's look will shine, this is what we have to consider before asking this question, but I think your major reason for this question is because you wanted to know, but now you know.

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December 22, 2023, 08:28:32 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
For sure they do,  most of the casino owners are even active in their live streaming and you can see how active they are on the games so that being said it goes along to answer your question of if casino owners also gamble on their own casino.

Many times,  some people believe that casino operators control the outcome of games,  but in reality, we must know that casinos are systems that are being run and at some point, it becomes clear that even the casino owner will be treated as a customer and not an insider he has to work to win the games and besides he can also lose too.

In that sense, casino games are programmed and after acquiring that service even the casino owners serves as end-user meaning that they are also client who will use the service and unless the programmer have that code and willing to breach it out to the buyer which is not a common practice as they are protecting the system, then it can be rigged out but if the casino is legit and they are protecting the business, the owner will not do things like that to ruin his business, he will just play as ordinary player like how the other users deal with luck and few are using knowledge that they acquire from their experienced.

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December 22, 2023, 08:48:53 PM
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As far as I know, most betting companies have policies that prohibit their owners from betting on their premises. And they do this to avoid conflicts of interest and maintain transparency and fairness in gambling. Because it is possible that When betting company owners make bets, this can create a situation where their decisions as owners can be influenced by their own bets, which can affect the integrity of the game.

However, these regulations and policies may differ between different betting companies. Some may have stricter rules about prohibiting owners from betting, while others may have more flexible guidelines. However, in general the principle is to prevent conflicts of interest and maintain the integrity of gambling.

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December 22, 2023, 09:03:30 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
Only casino owners can truly give correct answers to the questions you asked, but then, what I do think is that, first, there is no policy anywhere that I know of, that prevents casino owners from betting or gambling on whether their own casino or other casinos.
But the only thing I see here is that, a casino owner who is playing or betting on his or her casino can't really be seen or considered as gambling, and this is because, he or she stands a chance of not losing anything at all, since the money he or she played with and lost is still returning back to his or her pocket, so as such, gambling won't be as fun and exciting for the casino owners exactly the same way it will be for a normal gambler.

So, in the nutshell, no policy restricts a casino owner from gambling, but If I was a casino owner, I possibly won't find gambling that appealing to me, simply because of some obvious reasons, which one of them is that, I will never lose or win, because, if I gamble and lost, the lost money still is my money, and if I gamble and won, if I decide to be paid the winning, it will still come from my money, so what exactly is the essence of me gambling when I can't genuinely feel the excitement that comes with winning or the regrets that comes with losing?.

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December 22, 2023, 09:23:15 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
For sure they do,  most of the casino owners are even active in their live streaming and you can see how active they are on the games so that being said it goes along to answer your question of if casino owners also gamble on their own casino.

Many times,  some people believe that casino operators control the outcome of games,  but in reality, we must know that casinos are systems that are being run and at some point, it becomes clear that even the casino owner will be treated as a customer and not an insider he has to work to win the games and besides he can also lose too.

In that sense, casino games are programmed and after acquiring that service even the casino owners serves as end-user meaning that they are also client who will use the service and unless the programmer have that code and willing to breach it out to the buyer which is not a common practice as they are protecting the system, then it can be rigged out but if the casino is legit and they are protecting the business, the owner will not do things like that to ruin his business, he will just play as ordinary player like how the other users deal with luck and few are using knowledge that they acquire from their experienced.

If the casino dealer is watching over all the operations happening in the casino, he would restrict anybody from cheating the system. Including the owner? not sure, the only confusing thing right now is the relationship between the casino and the game providers. Don't know if the casino would be able to manipulate results from a game provider's server. As these two parties are different and have some restrictions. There are some things a casino can't do with a gaming provider. Take for instance a game provider that can restrict people in a specific location from playing their game, while the casino allows for anybody to use the casino. But, when it comes to that specific game provider the player has no right to participate in such game, except with a VPN. The provably fair system has to do with the casino, not the gaming provider, this is where I don't understand what happens, in terms of the results we get from a casino.

According to research, the casino controls the results, but the provably fair system would still be there to make sure that the house edge allows players some time to win. Hence, it's quite complicated to know the kind of treatment the casino boss or owner would be getting in terms of results. Another common example would be the streamers, we have rumors floating around the gambling niche that streamers get favor from the casino to win more than the players who join the casino to wager games. I think the casino boss would have to decide what happens or for some reason won't derive joy from using his casino. Maybe he'll be interested in other types of games or participate in a higher level of gambling, with top gamblers or fellow casino owners. I always have this feeling that they'll be focused on buying games and helping the bookmaker with football odds to place on some specific teams to maximize profits.

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I think we make speculative depend with owner passion although they have gambling platform will not waste all their time with betting own their site, to know about competitor platform seems they will try with other platform gambling and looking offer feature but I don't think with all owner want spent their time get test on other platform gambling site. They have teams and not working by the owner, test with other gambling platform did by their teams and the owner just guide only which one competitor gambling platform have good feature and make many gambler interest it.
Less with new casino launching right now and the owner of gambling platform not necessary to bet on new casino site because the casino competitor not make old casino platform drop with their user.
Casino owners may be betting but we still won't know if they are gambling. And if they gamble on other platforms, they want to find out what features the casino doesn't have so that interesting ideas that can give a new touch to the casino will emerge later. Of course, the owner can give his team direction to provide something different from other platforms that can attract more people. If they gamble at a new casino, the new casino owner will not know about it either and that is an advantage for the old casino owner because they can see what is inside the gambling account of each gambler at the new casino.

Once existing casino owners know what the new casino site is all about, they can think about what things they need to add to their casino to attract the attention of other gamblers. This will be a competition between casinos, so if each casino can provide something interesting, the casino will have many users who will always come to the casino.

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December 23, 2023, 10:14:42 AM
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The casino owners are mostly bettors. They have virtually unlimited credit, can write off debts if necessary, know the strengths and weaknesses of the various games of their casino, and the croupier will do everything possible to win the owner (who wants to be fired?).
Hilarious. Grin Yeah, that will be the case if they want to play.
Also, I think it won't be fun. It's like playing popular board games like Monopoly because they won't really feel they are winning because all profits will just go back to their business. If he loses, he just gets more money from the business and plays again. It's a never-ending game like they are playing house.

Now there could be a difference if those owners gamble at a different gambling site because that money will go back to them. But, whose businessman is foolish enough to do that? They are doing it to make profits and not to waste more. They'd rather just sit and enjoy all the money coming in than spend it knowing that gambling is a game of losing and not winning. Also, they know how the system works and it will be unwise to go against it.

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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.

 I don't think most of the sites have any terms that forbids the owner from placing a bet and in most of the cases it don't even matter.
Many of the games and sports betting results would be unknown for the owner themselves. So, they are equal to normal players there.
The cases in which the owner knows the outcome beforehand, there still won't be a problem if the site provides the entire bankroll on its own as the owner would be gambling against himself.
On the rare case of owner being able to see the outcome beforehand and users have ability to provide the bankroll, there's nothing that could prevent the owner from cheating the bankroll investors. Anyone providing the bankroll should have complete faith on the moral responsibility of the owner.



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December 23, 2023, 10:45:23 AM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
Why not if they really want to? And I personally have not come across any information where it is stated that casino owners are restricted to from playing either on thier own casinos or on casinos belonging to other people.

Ordinarily though, like I said earlier, I see no reason why casinos owners can play on their casinos if they really want to, but on the other, of what use is it actually? Being a casino owner and playing on my casino simply means that, I will never lose, like a user said here already, money I presumably lost while playing on my casino is not really a loss, since the money will still come back into my pocket, and if I win? Still changes nothing since it's still my money I will use to pay myself, so, what exactly should be the reason or motivation that should drive a casino owner to play on his or Her casino?

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December 23, 2023, 11:08:55 AM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
For sure they do,  most of the casino owners are even active in their live streaming and you can see how active they are on the games so that being said it goes along to answer your question of if casino owners also gamble on their own casino.

Many times,  some people believe that casino operators control the outcome of games,  but in reality, we must know that casinos are systems that are being run and at some point, it becomes clear that even the casino owner will be treated as a customer and not an insider he has to work to win the games and besides he can also lose too.

In that sense, casino games are programmed and after acquiring that service even the casino owners serves as end-user meaning that they are also client who will use the service and unless the programmer have that code and willing to breach it out to the buyer which is not a common practice as they are protecting the system, then it can be rigged out but if the casino is legit and they are protecting the business, the owner will not do things like that to ruin his business, he will just play as ordinary player like how the other users deal with luck and few are using knowledge that they acquire from their experienced.

If the casino dealer is watching over all the operations happening in the casino, he would restrict anybody from cheating the system. Including the owner? not sure, the only confusing thing right now is the relationship between the casino and the game providers. Don't know if the casino would be able to manipulate results from a game provider's server. As these two parties are different and have some restrictions. There are some things a casino can't do with a gaming provider. Take for instance a game provider that can restrict people in a specific location from playing their game, while the casino allows for anybody to use the casino. But, when it comes to that specific game provider the player has no right to participate in such game, except with a VPN. The provably fair system has to do with the casino, not the gaming provider, this is where I don't understand what happens, in terms of the results we get from a casino.

According to research, the casino controls the results, but the provably fair system would still be there to make sure that the house edge allows players some time to win. Hence, it's quite complicated to know the kind of treatment the casino boss or owner would be getting in terms of results. Another common example would be the streamers, we have rumors floating around the gambling niche that streamers get favor from the casino to win more than the players who join the casino to wager games. I think the casino boss would have to decide what happens or for some reason won't derive joy from using his casino. Maybe he'll be interested in other types of games or participate in a higher level of gambling, with top gamblers or fellow casino owners. I always have this feeling that they'll be focused on buying games and helping the bookmaker with football odds to place on some specific teams to maximize profits.

I see that point and it is possible that casino owners can deal it with the provider, just with how we are seeing those streamers who manage to win just for the sake of advertisement and to attract gamers to use the platform, I'm not sure about the set up and if it's really for real I guess it wrecked the purpose of fair gaming.

Though, maybe there's internal setup with this kind of situation and depends from how both the owner and providers negotiation about this adjustment from the gaming system.


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December 23, 2023, 11:19:17 AM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
This is a good topic, well we are not sure but probably however if you have a blooming business like gambling I don't think you want to involve yourself there and probably you'll be doing other things. Most of them are business man and there's a probability that they have background in gambling as they have chosen this industry, so yeah I think they do bet or they have experience betting before.

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I think we make speculative depend with owner passion although they have gambling platform will not waste all their time with betting own their site, to know about competitor platform seems they will try with other platform gambling and looking offer feature but I don't think with all owner want spent their time get test on other platform gambling site. They have teams and not working by the owner, test with other gambling platform did by their teams and the owner just guide only which one competitor gambling platform have good feature and make many gambler interest it.
Less with new casino launching right now and the owner of gambling platform not necessary to bet on new casino site because the casino competitor not make old casino platform drop with their user.
Casino owners may be betting but we still won't know if they are gambling. And if they gamble on other platforms, they want to find out what features the casino doesn't have so that interesting ideas that can give a new touch to the casino will emerge later. Of course, the owner can give his team direction to provide something different from other platforms that can attract more people. If they gamble at a new casino, the new casino owner will not know about it either and that is an advantage for the old casino owner because they can see what is inside the gambling account of each gambler at the new casino.

Once existing casino owners know what the new casino site is all about, they can think about what things they need to add to their casino to attract the attention of other gamblers. This will be a competition between casinos, so if each casino can provide something interesting, the casino will have many users who will always come to the casino.
Owners must always outwit our rivals. Your point regarding casino owners gambling abroad is precise. The objective is reconnaissance, not fun. Understanding the competition, their strategy, and offerings is key. They are there, eyes wide open, noticing every element casinos lack. Gold intelligence; not imitating, but innovating on what they provide. They are clever strategists, constantly two moves ahead, not just players.

The implementation step follows. Once we've identified our setup gaps, we can act. They do more than add feature - they might change the game. Only the most aggressive survive in this ruthless environment. They are not only luring gamblers; They are establishing a loyal community that sees our casino as an experience and adventure. A never-ending battle of minds for perfection. They must continually be hungry and fierce, hunting for the next great item to keep us on top of the food chain.

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December 23, 2023, 01:53:57 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
This is a good topic, well we are not sure but probably however if you have a blooming business like gambling I don't think you want to involve yourself there and probably you'll be doing other things. Most of them are business man and there's a probability that they have background in gambling as they have chosen this industry, so yeah I think they do bet or they have experience betting before.
They actually do bet and they have experience as well because how they would come up to this idea without any having experience about gambling, right? In fact, they prefer to play at other gambling place and websites because there are reasons, possible they observe the place and the whole concept of the gambling site, or maybe they are looking what is the difference  about that gambling place compared to his own business, typical thing when it comes to business competition.



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December 23, 2023, 02:28:16 PM
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Do owners of betting companies place bet on their own platform or is there a policy specific policy that restricts them from betting. Do you think that there would be conflict of interest or that it will be unethical if owners bet on their own platforms. These are the questions that I am seeking an answer to.
I don't know if there are any laws of specific gambling platform owners. But naturally the question that arises is why they are gambling? I don't think they have any motive for gambling as they are getting passive income from gambling platform. They are businessman, not gamblers. A gambler usually gambles for the sake of more money but those who are traders plan to increase their money not by gambling but by growing their business. If you think like a gambler then gambling is possible by them but if you think like a businessman then there is no scope to think like a gambler. I think there is no problem if someone is gambling.

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December 23, 2023, 02:52:12 PM
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I don't know if there are any laws of specific gambling platform owners. But naturally the question that arises is why they are gambling? I don't think they have any motive for gambling as they are getting passive income from gambling platform. They are businessman, not gamblers. A gambler usually gambles for the sake of more money but those who are traders plan to increase their money not by gambling but by growing their business. If you think like a gambler then gambling is possible by them but if you think like a businessman then there is no scope to think like a gambler. I think there is no problem if someone is gambling.

Anyone has the right to vacation the way they want, even if they are a casino owner. And he will not always insist on being played along. A person just wants to experience emotions and get a charge of andrenaline. And who can prohibit the owner of the casino to play in his own casino?
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December 23, 2023, 03:56:30 PM
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I don't know if there are any laws of specific gambling platform owners. But naturally the question that arises is why they are gambling? I don't think they have any motive for gambling as they are getting passive income from gambling platform. They are businessman, not gamblers. A gambler usually gambles for the sake of more money but those who are traders plan to increase their money not by gambling but by growing their business. If you think like a gambler then gambling is possible by them but if you think like a businessman then there is no scope to think like a gambler. I think there is no problem if someone is gambling.

Anyone has the right to vacation the way they want, even if they are a casino owner. And he will not always insist on being played along. A person just wants to experience emotions and get a charge of andrenaline. And who can prohibit the owner of the casino to play in his own casino?

Some casino owners like to gamble on their own betting sites to test their functionality. Others may visit other casinos to get ideas on what they can implement in their own establishment. There are many possible reasons why company owners may choose to bet. Being a business owner doesn't mean you can't try your own product/services. In fact, you should be the first one to try it before you can market it and become profitable with it. Unless you're a company owner who doesn't care about the result of your own product/services.
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December 23, 2023, 11:18:13 PM
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Some of the casino's owners are motivated to build the casino from their involvement in gambling and many of them are still gamblers in their own casinos but as a client and a customer treated the same as every other customer and for sure we have not seen any case which a casino CEO have been accused of a manipulation of the system which shows that it is impossible for that to happen anyways unless the casino is purely a scam one that the only time its template can be manipulated to that level.
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