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Online Casino - Planning
I am currently planning to set up a team to create an online casino inc. poker. I myself will not be responsible for the prgramming but I need to get my head round the required setup of the whole system to be able to designate tasks between the team.
I do not want any wins or losses to be calculated on the users computer for security reasons. I want to be able to...in real time...send a "play" to my server. The response is then calculated ie. win/lose and then is sent down to the users comp. This will also be similar for poker in that all hands will be "dealt" on the server. And each users computer will only receive their 2 cards and no-one elses.
I just need to find a way, in princible, that I can send and receive variables, in real time to and from the server. The only way I can think is to use a database and check for the fields every 5 seconds etc.
If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated.
Regards
Grant
I do not want any wins or losses to be calculated on the users computer for security reasons. I want to be able to...in real time...send a "play" to my server. The response is then calculated ie. win/lose and then is sent down to the users comp. This will also be similar for poker in that all hands will be "dealt" on the server. And each users computer will only receive their 2 cards and no-one elses.
I just need to find a way, in princible, that I can send and receive variables, in real time to and from the server. The only way I can think is to use a database and check for the fields every 5 seconds etc.
If anyone has any suggestions it would be much appreciated.
Regards
Grant
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Java is OK. I think I would use one of the .net languages because deployment is relatively easy, and the support and libraries are readily available. You can get the express versions for free, also.
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Something to be aware of though. Most online casinos do not write the software themselves. The reality is that professional grade casino software is really expensive to write, because it needs to be audited at various stages to demonstrate fairness, and comply with various international gambling regulations.
As well as the gaming stuff itself you need to manage user accounts, manage money going in and out, produce regulatory reports and have statistical functions to detect maniplulation (eg multiple card players at a poker table colluding, or card counting in blackjack). Laws keep changing in relation to online gambling, particulary in relation to US residents, so you'll probably need a legal team as well just to keep the contracts up to date and ensure that weren't operating illegally
If what you want to do is set up an online casino, you should at least think about buying in the software, and concentrating on the branding and marketing.
This is a (fairly impartial I think) link to some common casino software
http://online.casinocity.com/software
As well as the gaming stuff itself you need to manage user accounts, manage money going in and out, produce regulatory reports and have statistical functions to detect maniplulation (eg multiple card players at a poker table colluding, or card counting in blackjack). Laws keep changing in relation to online gambling, particulary in relation to US residents, so you'll probably need a legal team as well just to keep the contracts up to date and ensure that weren't operating illegally
If what you want to do is set up an online casino, you should at least think about buying in the software, and concentrating on the branding and marketing.
This is a (fairly impartial I think) link to some common casino software
http://online.casinocity.com/software
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