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Gambling Platforms
What Is a Player Account Management (PAM) System?
A PAM system holds a player’s identity, balance and limits on an online gambling platform. Here is how it works and what…
How an Online Gambling Platform Works Behind the Screen
An online gambling platform is a set of linked systems for accounts, wallets, games and records. See what each part does and…
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Poker Technology
How Online Poker Tournament Software Works
Poker tournament software seats players at random, runs the blind clock, balances tables and records results. See how it works and what…
How Online Poker Software Deals a Hand, Step by Step
Online poker runs on a server that shuffles, deals, checks every action and keeps records. See the flow of one hand and…
Sportsbook Technology
How Sportsbooks Set Odds and Manage Risk
Sportsbooks build a price from a probability estimate, a margin and a risk limit. See how odds are set, how to read…
How Live Betting Works Behind the Scenes: Delay and Data
Live betting depends on data feeds, fast pricing, market suspension and short delays before a bet is accepted. See how the pieces…
RNGs
How Provably Fair Works: Seeds, Hashes and Nonces
Provably fair lets players check that a result was not changed after play began. Here is how seeds, hashes and nonces work,…
How Casino RNGs Work: Random Numbers Behind Every Game
A casino RNG turns a seed into unpredictable numbers, then maps them to cards, reels or dice. See how it works and…
Geolocation
Precise vs Approximate Location in Gambling Apps
How precise and approximate phone location settings affect gambling app geolocation checks, and why a coarse fix can fail near a border.
How Gambling Apps Check Your Location and Why It Fails
Location-checked gambling apps combine GPS, Wi-Fi and other signals with a boundary map. See how a check works, why it fails and…
