Poker Video Game Encourages Cheating
A report by Gambling911.com earlier this week revealed that a New York City magic store is selling DVDs that teach you how to cheat at poker.
Now comes word that a video game is being sold that encourages players to cheat at poker.
The poker video game, created by video game developer Wideload Games (www.wideload.com) and released last year, is called "Texas cheat ‘em," a play on words on the poplular poker game Texas hold ‘em.
A press release that was issued when the video game was released said the game was, "a new take on the classic Texas hold ‘em rules, turning an average online poker table upside down by layering party games and other gambling mini-games on top of the basic rules, and allowing players to cheat to win!"
The release continued: "Gamers of all levels can hoodwink their opponents in ‘Texas cheat ‘em.' Novice competitors who craft good cheating strategies by using x-ray vision, pre-cognition, chip stealing, card swapping and more can defeat more veteran card players."
The game is available for the Microsoft Xbox and the Sony Playstation, and there is also a version for personal computers.
Scott Corley, a spokesman for Wideload Games, noted: "We upped the ante on traditional online poker and set ‘Texas cheat ‘em' in a decidedly irreverent world where players can do what they've always wanted to do--cheat. It's a hilarious online card playing experience that gets even more fun as players become cheating masters."
Wideload Games is located in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and was founded in 2003.
The company was acquired by the Walt Disney Co. last year, after "Texas Cheat 'em" was released.
By Tom Somach
Gambling911.com Staff Writer
