There's a ton more that goes into it than most would like to think, but us of course they're profitable! They wouldn't stay in operation if they were losing money lol. Gambling is a great way to go. People always like 'quick easy money'
Quite a few sites pop up that end up dying due to not going anywhere. Some run for a long time before this happens.
MoneyPot helps reduce the risk to site owners and help boost them up (bankroll is currently almost 500 BTC and all apps have access to that pool right from the get-go for bets). Along with that, app owners get guaranteed income based on each bet, so their only cost is whatever their own hosting is -- no risking money in a bankroll or anything.
Yeah but you also have to remember if money pot go's down your not earning anything.
Also if money pot gets rob you have no control an bye bye casino.
I'm not saying its a bad site i like the idea but it does have its negatives.
Such as downtime
Funds that you don't control.
If something go's wrong an they are down for a few hours to days what do you do then?
Cant make profit if users can't play.
If money pot shuts down so does your site.
I'm a fan of hot wallet cold wallet systems for the site an a proof of liabilities.
If you run a secure trustworthy site with investment capabilities they will come.
Yeah, this is all definitely true. But most people asking the questions like in this thread don't have the ability to:
1) Keep a site secured (i.e., user balances, investments, etc.)
2) Keep it all online (especially when they're dealing with incoming/outgoing transactions)
Not to mention there's risk involved. A player winning 50 BTC on a site where they are hosting 100 BTC would mean a loss of 50 BTC. On MP's platform, the site owner wins regardless, so even though the player won 50 BTC, the site owner also won.
That said, there's obviously the trade-offs you brought up.