Should online casino games be open source? - page 5.

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Quote from: mcdouglasx on January 22, 2025, 07:46:24 AM

What is your opinion?

There are pros and cons to any innovation. I think most gamblers would support such an idea. The problem is that not all casinos and gambling providers will agree to this and not because someone can use modified software, but because they do not want to be so open to users. If they wanted to do this, we would have long seen this implementation, because in fact, most casinos have the same gambling games using different user interfaces and open source code could well attract users from competitors.

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Of course, the open source of the games would hypothetically ensure the transparency of the casino. However, this approach has too many consequences. First of all, I don't think there are many experts among the mass of gamblers who could check the code. In other words, the effectiveness of this method of ensuring transparency is low. And there is no need to object that a certain specialist could do this for everyone, since there is a question of trust in this specialist as an auditor.

In addition, resources have been invested in game development, then opening the code will devalue this asset. Also, open source code can be modified, made private, and used for commercial purposes. Even these arguments are probably enough to assess how open source is not beneficial for developers or gambling providers, and also does not bring any advantages to casinos. By the way, a casino's good reputation is created primarily by timely payment of money, trouble-free deposit transfer, and trust in the integrity of gaming is more likely to be the responsibility of the gambling provider.

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Quote from: summonerrk on January 22, 2025, 09:07:57 AM

You have proposed an absolutely correct method for assessing the honesty of a casino. But it is not profitable for them, because an open source project will be immediately copied. And casinos spend hundreds of dollars on developing their code, on which the mechanics of gambling will work. But as a gambler, I would show a lot of trust in those casinos that could prove to me through blockchain that the result of gambling is honest. But so far I have not met such casinos.

The problem is not with the casino as their games developed “house games” are all open source rather it’s due to the game provider that wants to protect their properties from copyright like what you mention and also to avoid exploits since no one can see their code except.

Quote from: dansus021 on January 22, 2025, 08:03:46 AM

Should online casino games be open source? The simple answer is yes, Because if the casino is open source there are lot benefit of it. According to google it includes cost-effectiveness due to being freely available, increased flexibility to customize and modify the code, enhanced security through community-driven code review, transparency as the source code is accessible, reduced vendor lock-in, and a collaborative community providing support and innovation

See I highlighted some of the word transparent and security the biggest important thing on casino

It’s true that being open source makes the code stronger but this is casino we are talking which means there’s a lot that will choose to exploit rather than build with it.

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Quote from: mcdouglasx on January 22, 2025, 07:46:24 AM

This idea may seem at first glance like an act of transparency on the part of the casino. Allowing anyone to review the software to ensure the games are fair and not manipulated, or contribute improvements and new ideas, gives users added confidence.

However, there are extremely negative aspects such as the intellectual property of exclusive games, the possibility of malicious individuals modifying the code to create fraudulent versions of the games, and the impact on the compliance with laws and regulations to which casinos are subject.

What is your opinion?

I'm not sure if this topic has been discussed here before; if so, I apologize in advance.

You have proposed an absolutely correct method for assessing the honesty of a casino. But it is not profitable for them, because an open source project will be immediately copied. And casinos spend hundreds of dollars on developing their code, on which the mechanics of gambling will work. But as a gambler, I would show a lot of trust in those casinos that could prove to me through blockchain that the result of gambling is honest. But so far I have not met such casinos.

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Quote from: mcdouglasx on January 22, 2025, 07:46:24 AM

What is your opinion?

I'm not sure if this topic has been discussed here before; if so, I apologize in advance.

This topic is popular long time ago when slot games was newly introduced on crypto casino while open source game like dice and crash are still popular games here.

Casino should make their game open source if we are talking about fairness here but I believe there’s some important reason why game providers wants their code close source and IIRC it’s due to security purposes since hacker can easily find way to exploit vulnerabilities if their code has some loopholes which is popular scenario before that many cheat on slot games.

Close source game is now being played on trust basis which is working for a long time. We can’t do anything about it but I always preferred playing open source.

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Should online casino games be open source? The simple answer is yes, Because if the casino is open source there are lot benefit of it. According to google it includes cost-effectiveness due to being freely available, increased flexibility to customize and modify the code, enhanced security through community-driven code review, transparency as the source code is accessible, reduced vendor lock-in, and a collaborative community providing support and innovation

See I highlighted some of the word transparent and security the biggest important thing on casino

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This idea may seem at first glance like an act of transparency on the part of the casino. Allowing anyone to review the software to ensure the games are fair and not manipulated, or contribute improvements and new ideas, gives users added confidence.

However, there are extremely negative aspects such as the intellectual property of exclusive games, the possibility of malicious individuals modifying the code to create fraudulent versions of the games, and the impact on the compliance with laws and regulations to which casinos are subject.

What is your opinion?

I'm not sure if this topic has been discussed here before; if so, I apologize in advance.

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