CRH,
It's funny looking back on this entire thread how its dynamic has changed. Early in the thread there are players stating how impossible it is to cheat on WGT, and anyone who has been watching now knows that this is untrue.
I'm not wanting to get into the technicals of preventing or detecting it, as noone knows what, if anything, wgt is using. I would saye that WGT could do itself and it's members a great service by publicly addressing this issue, and at a MINIMUM, stating that they are somehow using detection software and have successfully caught members using such cheats. It would put a lot of this to rest without having to give away any trade secrets.
Just a WAG, but I am betting that their silence in this matter means that either do not use detection methods, or they have not yet proved effective. The ONLY instance of a player banned for cheating that has been displayed, was a player that erroneously posted a screen shot of a score card showing he was using such software..... In fact, the particular software he was using wasn't even a true cheat. But, if they couldn't detect that, it leaves me convinced that they can't detect anything more efficiently written.