Wilheim: I have after a lengthy examination of all the facts in my possession come to a decision to recommend that EasyStreet not pay Cory111 the balance of $46,000.
The $46,000 in question are indeed the direct result of him hitting three Royal Flushes in a period of 499 minutes of play that included no less than 8762 hands during a prolonged Jacks or Better Video Poker session that began on Monday, February 28th and ended on Tuesday March 1st..
The reasons for my decision have absolutely nothing to do with Cory1111's tarnished player reputation which was uncovered during my intense investigation. I am basing my decision solely on his play during the 499 minutes mentioned above.
My direct reasons for my carefully derived at decision:
1. Cory1111's reluctance to prove his innocence.
This could have been easily done by Cory simply accepting, the now well discussed, all expenses paid trip to Costa Rica.
In an effort to make the trip as safe as possible I made several concessions that Cory originally requested such as a secret arrival and departure date to and from Costa Rica. I also agreed to not disclose the hotel where he would reside during the visit. I assured him that he could be accompanied by anyone he wanted at all times during his visit including employees of SBR. All of whom would be allowed to oversee 100% of his activities that involved any contact with EasyStreetSports
2. Once again, Cory1111's reluctance to prove his innocence.
The Rx.com and I personally guaranteed all pre-arranged expenses to and from Costa Rica including a per diem allowance of $100 per day that would be paid to Cory if he fulfilled two tasks. These funds were to be paid to Cory regardless whether he passed or flunked these tasks.
The tasks were as follows;
First, Cory would agree to a simple polygraph test that would only be concerned with his video poker play at EasyStreetSports, as described above.
Secondly, Cory would be asked to simply attempt to duplicate and demonstrate in person the 326 minutes session which includes breaks.
If Cory passed both agreed tasks he would receive his balance in full either on the spot or in more complicated but easily accomplished means so that he would be able to receive the funds in a fashion that was best suited to his welfare when re-entering the US.
3. Cory1111's outright refusal to take a polygraph, that would in no way be designed to incriminate him for any of his past transgressions but simply be focused solely on only the events at hand and also would be detailed and predetermined on a legal document prepared and agreed upon by all parties prior to Cory taking the polygraph.
4. After leaving the offer on the table for a full week with no further correspondence from Cory indicating that he would accept the offer in that time, I was forced to take it off the table and consult with a third party unbiased and nonaffiliated with either EasyStreet or The Rx.com
I decided to track down and seek the professional opinion of an expert in the field of the use of robots and other software designed to defraud Casinos such as EasyStreet’s Casino video poker game. Including other not pertinent to this dispute games such as on-line casino blackjack, roulette etc..
5. I asked him to provide for me a detailed report as brief but thorough as possible which could easily be understood in layman’s terms.
I submit that report now as my final reason that convinced me that EasyStreet's clearly posted rules were broken by Cory during the 499 minutes of play mentioned above.
I will field all reasonable questions directed to either the Expert in the field or myself until 5PM EDT on Friday, April 8th, after which I will lock this thread.
Pleased be advised only civil posts containing logical on topic questions will be allowed in this thread. I will also scrutinize any new registration that obviously only registers here at The Rx.com with the intention of criticizing myself, The Rx.com, EasyStreetSports.com or my decision in general. I have no problem with known Rx posters posting questions in a civil manner. Please post any opinions in the other thread already in existence here in The Offshore Forum titled "Easystreet".
The communique posted below is copied verbatim from the contracted expert in the appropriate field that deals solely with Cory1111's play in The EasyStreetSports.com Casino during the 499 minutes described above.
From the expert in the field already described:
My Background:
6 years as a Gaming Engineer and Software architect in the US. Projects include Wynn, Encore, Caesars Palace, Native Games America and IGT/Acres platform support.
Research and Conclusion:
Based on my independent research into the issue I have come to the following conclusions.
1) A human did not play the 8762 hands of video poker that were examined. This conclusion is based on the fact that the "player" played an avg. of 17.6 hands of video poker per minute for 499 minutes without a single error. This is a statistical impossibility.
2) It's been stated that perhaps the auto-play feature was in use at the time and that the "player" was simply using the auto play feature to achieve his abnormally high rate of perfect play. This feature was verified to NOT be enabled and consequently unless the player somehow breached the platform security (nothing suggests this occurred), toggled the feature on, set a more advanced strategy than is currently available to that feature, toggled the feature off, and then wiped the logs; this as well is very unlikely.
3) The "player" had no apparent reaction to hitting the 3 royals (in fact playing straight through the royals at a continued rate of ~3 seconds per hand) and was unable to accurately answer whether he was dealt a royal (as he stated) or that he held 2 cards and then received a royal (which he did).
4) The
odds of a player hitting a single royal flush is roughly 1 in 40,000. The odds of a dealt royal flush (the player stated he received a dealt royal flush) is 1 in 649,740. The odds of hitting 3 royal flushes in 8762 hands of poker is statistically impossible. In fact in all of the years I've been in gaming I've NEVER seen that happen (and I've reviewed millions of hands of poker).
5) Load tests on the system show an average screen draw time of approx 1.3 seconds, this leaves only 1.7 seconds for the "player" to recognize all of the cards on screen, compute optimal strategy, physically issue whatever action he wanted, and the system to receive that action and begin a new hand. While possible (though incredibly unlikely), it's even less likely that the "player" could keep the rate of play up with no discernible alteration in strategy, timing, etc for 136 minutes (which was the longest non interrupted play period).
6) Based on my review of the play logs, research of the EasyStreet system, and discussions with other industry professionals; it is my professional opinion that the player used a bot or some other form of machine augmented assistance to play the hands at a rate fast enough to attempt to overwhelm the RNG and provide favorable odds to the "player".
I will continue my research into this issue and release any future findings as well to the appropriate entities.
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Originally Posted by Chopsticks
No one should have to travel anywhere to get their money, nuff said. That's the reason we bet with offshore books. So #1 and #2 are useless. #3 - If you want someone to take a polygraph to prove a point which can't physically or logically be proven because there is no legal precedent, that's just plain stupid. Because, in general, polygraphs are stupid (In the 1998 Supreme Court case, United States v. Scheffer, the majority stated that "There is simply no consensus that polygraph evidence is reliable"). #4 and #5 are the same and try to prove he used a bot. Yet that can't be proven. You weren't there, you didn't see him play. Texting a hundred words on a phone in 1 minute was statistically impossible ten years ago, now an 8 year old can do it. Evolution. These things that once seemed a distant goal become reality as technology progresses. It's an insane amount of hands, but not impossible by any means, especially for an incredibly advanced player.
Just make the decision already, whatever it is, this has dragged out into some sort of totally retarded soap opera, the evidence has all been the same since day 1.
