I'm kinda hoping this can be a sticky and/or an auto-generated reply to the "rigged" posts that always crop up

[Transcript from a meeting of core developers for ________, an online poker site]

Guy One: Okay, here's my idea: we'll generate cards randomly using the Mersenne Twistor -- so we'll have to write about two lines of code. Then we'll rake a little bit from every pot and make I dunno like $4,000 a minute.

Guy Two: I think I've got a better idea. We should screw up the cards so that all the good players get pwned by all the bad players. And we'll rake a little bit from every pot and make about $4,000 a mnute.

CEO: I'm intrigued... what are the pros and cons?

Guy Two: Well, the cons obviously are that it'll take us several weeks to write code that screws up the cards in just the right way. And we'll need to send a squad of investigators out every time someone signs up, so that we'll know if he or she is a good player.

Also there's about a 70% chance we'll be caught, arrested for fraud, and spend many years in jail being molested by dog-abusers, uncle-rapers, and maybe even Humphrind.

CEO: And the pros?

Guy Two: People will have something to bitch about on all the poker forums.

CEO: hm... no additional revenue, lots of extra work, and possibly running afoul of the law. That is a Great Idea! Let's do it.

Now I'd like to hear some of those proposals on how I can quickly and efficiently slice my fingers off...

[Transcript ends.]