{"id":3644,"date":"2019-05-17T11:23:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-17T11:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=3644"},"modified":"2019-05-17T11:23:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-17T11:23:55","slug":"partypoker-and-winning-poker-network-continue-to-crackdown-on-poker-bots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/partypoker-and-winning-poker-network-continue-to-crackdown-on-poker-bots","title":{"rendered":"partypoker & WPN Continue To Crackdown On Poker Bots"},"content":{"rendered":"
Major poker sites have remained steadfast in their goal to protect the security of players and to provide them with a fair gaming environment. <\/p>\n
Their continuing efforts resulted in the closure of hundreds of unscrupulous accounts controlled and operated by bots.<\/p>\n
According to its latest report, partypoker closed a total of 94 bot-controlled accounts in April<\/a>. The report shows that 39 of them based in the site\u2019s dot-com market, and 55 in the segregated dot-eu player field comprising France and Spain. As a result, partypoker confiscated $150,000 in funds and reimbursed them to the affected players<\/a><\/strong>. <\/p>\n The number adds to the 277 fraudulent accounts that were terminated by the site from December 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019, returning $734,852.15 to the victims<\/strong>. The issue surrounding automated programs that play against human opponents has been a cause for concern in the online poker world for quite some time now. In some cases, it is the players themselves who are able to detect suspicious behaviour at the tables. <\/p>\n Partypoker has been dealing with the problem through the help of a specialist team composed of former poker professionals. Through their knowledge and expertise in investigating suspicious activity, majority (75%) of the bot detections between December 2018 and March 2019 were made by the fraud team.<\/p>\nWinning Poker Network Crackdown<\/h2>\n