I have seen the "they deal multiple players pocket pairs to increase the rake" kind of post one too many times.
I am relatively new here, so I have never seen one of these posts....and that though had not occured to me. However is it beyond reasonable thought to consider this could be true? The rake is how they make money, and they deal how many thousands of hands per hour - so overall it would not throw a red flag, but what if they only did it on certain tables...or randomly rotate the tables they do it on. The net result is miniscule over a day or week - but over a year the profits could be significant.
I'm not looking to start an argument....and yes I realize it sounds like wild conspiracy theory, but I am asking because I do not know - perhaps people have already looked into this and it has been proven false?