Safety, security and reputability of online poker sites has also improved
. Almost all online poker rooms are licensed and regulated. They have to follow strict rules, use safe and secure payment methods and their random number generator that is used to shuffle the cards is audited on regular basis to ensure it is completely random. Also the poker software is now much safer. The only scandals in online poker were caused by insiders and online poker sites have since applied measures to prevents it happening again. Generally it is now much safer to play poker online for real money. The user interfaced also improved a lot and it is really simple to play real money or free online poker games.