Fair play
Last updated 13 September 2026.
You should not have to take our word for it that the cards were dealt fairly, so you do not have to.
How the cards are dealt
When a game is created the server draws 32 random bytes, the seed, and keeps it secret. Every hand's shuffle is computed from that seed and the hand number by a fixed, published procedure, so the whole game's deals were decided before the first card was seen and nobody, including us, can change them afterwards. Neither player can see the seed while the game is on.
Checking a finished game
When a game ends its seed is revealed on the game's log page, beside every move. Anyone can rerun the shuffle from the seed and confirm the deals match, and rerun the moves and confirm the scores. A "verify" link on the log page does exactly that on our server and shows the result; the procedure is documented so it can be done elsewhere too.
The bot
The bot sees only what a player in its seat would see: its own cards, the count, the cards on the table. It never sees your hand, the crib or the seed. It plays by the same fixed rules every time: it keeps the four cards that score best on their own, and during play it takes the scoring card when there is one. It is not rated and does not appear on leaderboards.
What counts as cheating
Using an engine or a helper in a game against a person, playing both sides with two accounts, or arranging results with another player. A game where we believe that happened is voided, and the account may be removed.
Reporting
Email ops@peer2peergames.com with the game's link. We look at the log and reply.