Online Bingo - House Players

What are House Players at Bingo Sites

Unfortunately, some less than reputable online bingo websites have been known to employ what are called “house players” on their websites. House players are usually not people at all but essentially software robots that pretend to be players in order to have a place to funnel winnings. These robots simply win the games frequently in order to prevent other, real players from winning any money. Some sites have been found to be operating as many as 20 house players at a time to prevent any money from going out in a night. This is a dishonest and unfair practice. Luckily, there are some warning signs that you can use to identify when a website is using house players and how you can avoid becoming part of the scam. This article will review some of the warning signs and steps that you can observe to prevent your money from being robbed from your account by house players. You may not be able to identify every house player that emerges on a website, but you can certainly catch the very bad ones that significantly alter the way the game plays.

Just Too Lucky

If you notice that the same username has been winning bingo games repeatedly in the same session, you may have caught a house player. Sometimes, people get lucky and win several games in a session; you even hope that that player is yourself. However, it is not normal for a player to win every third or fourth game throughout a game session. If this is occurring, find another game (or even another website) in which to invest your money.

Unchanging Pot

Winning bingo card amounts are usually determined by the amount of players participating in the game. The more players that are participating, the more money each winning card is worth. However, house players are usually not people and some software will not recognize them as such. Therefore, if the pot stays the same size with 40 players as it did 20, you may be playing a game with 20 house players. Bingo scam artists are often just not smart enough to catch this simple software glitch. If they were smart enough, they would find legitimate ways to make money.

Payout Patterns

If you are in a game with multiple house players, you may be able to catch on by observing payout patterns. Some websites seat real players on even numbers and house players on odd chairs. They will alternate payouts to do only even numbers for two games and then odd numbers for one when determining winners. In this way, they keep real people winning once every three games. This type of system can be difficult to catch. However, it is subject to pattern recognition. If you notice payout patterns during games, you are likely playing with house players.

Just Too Unlucky

You will win at bingo every once in a while. With maxed cards, you will likely win once every session. If you are dropping a great deal of money into websites and still not winning any cards, you are likely playing against severely tilted odds through house players. This is one warning sign that you can catch even if the house players are real players. If you are becoming frustrated when playing bingo, you should find a different online bingo website. Patience is the key to success but too much patience can be foolish.