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Topic: bitZino - Bitcoin Casino - Blackjack, Roulette, 3 Card Poker, Slots and more! - page 37. (Read 82361 times)

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Protip: I overtype the seed box sometimes with phrases like, "Stop cheating me, you jerks!" and I win almost every time when I do this.

Hahaha Cheesy

This is why we say "If you're superstitious, this is a great place to put something lucky, because whatever you put here has a direct impact on the final shuffle of the deck." I do think that it's a cool aspect of the provably fair system - you can control your own destiny.

Just wondering what the normal cash out delay is ?

edit never mind Im just an impatient bastard Tongue

We promise to always process withdrawals within 24 hours, but we usually process them much faster: usually within an hour or so of your request. We used to require 6 confirmations on your deposits before processing your withdrawal, which can sometimes take much longer than an hour. So we have just lowered that requirement down to 2 confirmations for most circumstances. So, it should now be a much more pleasant experience if you want to deposit a few coins, play a few hands, and then withdraw immediately afterward.


Also, update on the blackjack animations: We've made several subtle updates as per the suggestions in this thread. Thanks for all the feedback, and keep it coming!
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Just wondering what the normal cash out delay is ?

edit never mind Im just an impatient bastard Tongue
sr. member
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The very high-level explanation is that we reshuffle the cards before every hand using a seed you provide us. This reshuffling makes it impossible for us to predetermine the order of the cards, and therefore guarantees you a fair game every time.

I'm also happy to answer any questions you may have about it!

Protip: I overtype the seed box sometimes with phrases like, "Stop cheating me, you jerks!" and I win almost every time when I do this.
sr. member
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Maybe related to this:

If I play a play money blackjack game and put all my chips on a single hand and lose, the "you're out of play money" alert pops up as soon as I bust or stand, and before the dealer even starts playing.

Ah yeah, we're aware of that as well - it's definitely not the correct behavior. We're working on fixing the animations right now!
sr. member
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Dealer had 3 blackjacks in a row.

That's not really fair...

Sorry for the bad luck Sad We're definitely not cheating though, in fact it would be computationally impossible for us to cheat! You can read about the details of how we make our system provably fair at https://bitzino.com/about/fair

Dealer had 3 blackjacks in a row.

That's not really fair...
I still don't understand how I can verify the actual cards played are verifiable by the hash. This needs to be explained a little better.

We have a basic explanation, as well as a javascript hand verifier posted at https://bitzino.com/about/fair. We also have an in-depth technical explanation on our tech blog at https://techblog.bitzino.com/2012-06-30-provably-fair-shuffling-through-cryptography.html

The very high-level explanation is that we reshuffle the cards before every hand using a seed you provide us. This reshuffling makes it impossible for us to predetermine the order of the cards, and therefore guarantees you a fair game every time.

I'm also happy to answer any questions you may have about it!
legendary
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Just a small niggle, but when playing blackjack I can't immediately tell whether I've hit 21 or bust since my total disappears from the screen.  In either situation the dealer turns over his card, and my total vanishes until the dealer has finished his taking his turn, which may involve quite a few cards.

Would it be possible to have my total displayed while the dealer is acting?  Also, the dealer's total isn't displayed while he's acting, only when he finishes.  I'd like to see the dealer's total change as the he plays.

Good suggestion! We'll have to change how we do our dealing logic somewhat - the difficulty is that the javascript in the browser doesn't really have any knowledge of the blackjack game itself, all the game logic is on the server, the javascript is dumb and just handles dealing the cards.

We'll figure out a way to do this though, cause, I agree, it will be much better.

Maybe related to this:

If I play a play money blackjack game and put all my chips on a single hand and lose, the "you're out of play money" alert pops up as soon as I bust or stand, and before the dealer even starts playing.  It's odd to stand on 20, then see that I've lost, and only then have the dealer hit a 6 card 21 to beat me.  It feels "cheaty", like the 6 card 21 was pre-determined.  It was, of course, but it would look better if the "out of money" alert only showed up after I had seen the hand play out.  See these screenshots of it happening.  In each case I had stood at 16 or 18.  The dealer has 13, 15, and 10, but has already been declared the winner:

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Let's talk governance, lipstick, and pigs.
Dealer had 3 blackjacks in a row.

That's not really fair...
I still don't understand how I can verify the actual cards played are verifiable by the hash. This needs to be explained a little better.
legendary
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Dealer had 3 blackjacks in a row.

That's not really fair...
sr. member
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Just a small niggle, but when playing blackjack I can't immediately tell whether I've hit 21 or bust since my total disappears from the screen.  In either situation the dealer turns over his card, and my total vanishes until the dealer has finished his taking his turn, which may involve quite a few cards.

Would it be possible to have my total displayed while the dealer is acting?  Also, the dealer's total isn't displayed while he's acting, only when he finishes.  I'd like to see the dealer's total change as the he plays.

Good suggestion! We'll have to change how we do our dealing logic somewhat - the difficulty is that the javascript in the browser doesn't really have any knowledge of the blackjack game itself, all the game logic is on the server, the javascript is dumb and just handles dealing the cards.

We'll figure out a way to do this though, cause, I agree, it will be much better.

Suggestion:

Offer a 4-colour deck option for the video poker, to make it easier to distinguish the suits.  Typically sites will draw diamonds in blue and clubs in green when this feature is enabled.  See pokerstars and sealswithclubs for sites that do this well.

Good idea!

It looks to me like if I have 7 or more cards, the cards will overlap with the result of the hand.

I had 6 cards in this hand, and it almost overlaps:

Hmm, I thought we accounted for this edge case correctly, but it looks like things may have degraded. We'll fix this, and also make sure to include this in our automated tests going forward.

Thanks, as always, for the tips Dooglus! Look for these changes to be rolling out in the next few days.
legendary
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It looks to me like if I have 7 or more cards, the cards will overlap with the result of the hand.

I had 6 cards in this hand, and it almost overlaps:



Wish I could multiply my bankroll by 85 when I play for bitcoins...
legendary
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Suggestion:

Offer a 4-colour deck option for the video poker, to make it easier to distinguish the suits.  Typically sites will draw diamonds in blue and clubs in green when this feature is enabled.  See pokerstars and sealswithclubs for sites that do this well.
legendary
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Just a small niggle, but when playing blackjack I can't immediately tell whether I've hit 21 or bust since my total disappears from the screen.  In either situation the dealer turns over his card, and my total vanishes until the dealer has finished his taking his turn, which may involve quite a few cards.

Would it be possible to have my total displayed while the dealer is acting?  Also, the dealer's total isn't displayed while he's acting, only when he finishes.  I'd like to see the dealer's total change as the he plays.
sr. member
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CRAPS.

MULTIPLAYER CRAPS.

One day, for sure Cheesy We are focusing on single-player games for the short term, but multi-player games are definitely in the roadmap.
sr. member
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So, as certain sites start to become more popular, they potentially become bigger targets.  Another poker site changed from .com to .eu (.com still redirects to the .eu though.)

Are "hardening" steps being considered, not just for the site but for the wallet / account data / funds as well?

We haven't considered switching to a non-.com domain yet, but you do bring up a good point. It would probably behoove us to do this sooner rather than later. We are planning on getting a .bit domain up and running pretty soon though.

Regarding other general security: We take this very seriously. We store the majority of our funds in an offline cold storage wallet. We use bcrypt hashing for all of our password storage. We also do regular penetration testing on our own systems. We are aware that we have the potential to become a target, and therefore we need to take security seriously from day 1.
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legendary
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We have just launched Video Poker!

Nice.

So, as certain sites start to become more popular, they potentially become bigger targets.  Another poker site changed from .com to .eu (.com still redirects to the .eu though.)

Are "hardening" steps being considered, not just for the site but for the wallet / account data / funds as well?
sr. member
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The video poker plays well.

One comment: I'd like it to show how much I win when I win:

Great point! We've made this change.
legendary
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The video poker plays well.

One comment: I'd like it to show how much I win when I win:



I bet 10 and full house pays 9x - but I don't see "90" anywhere.
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I am the one who knocks
Nice!  Except I found out that I am a horrible poker player!
sr. member
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We have just launched Video Poker!





Check it out, and let me know what you think of it!
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