What is eCOGRA?

In a nutshell eCOGRA is a genuine initiative to provide real self-imposed regulation of quality online casinos and poker rooms through internationally set standards enforced by independent inspection and monitoring, and to provide a dispute mediation service to the player community where issues arise between a casino or poker room member and a player that cannot otherwise be satisfactorily settled.

What does the eCOGRA Seal mean?  

The eCOGRA Seal is awarded to casinos verified in terms of:

• Efficient and timely payouts
• Fair gaming practices
• Fast dispute resolution

What is the real benefit of eCOGRA to players?

To go the extra mile for their protection and enjoyment in a largely unregulated industry, regardless of geographical location or licensing.

Examples of areas covered by the regulations include third party continuous monitoring of every single gaming transaction by an international body to ensure games fairness, a requirement for timely payouts to players, insistence on responsive and efficient Support, checks on management probity and financial stability, truth in advertising and promotion and fair and honest operational conduct in every respect.

eCOGRA regulation is a dynamic process that is continually under review relevant to industry developments, and the requirements will be adjusted when necessary to ensure that Seal site conduct is always aligned with current best practice.

Gambling Gazette and eCOGRA

eCOGRA has a policy that permits linking with professional and integrity driven online gambling webmasters who share the organisation's player protective ideals and objectives for honest and ethical conduct in the industry, and applications to link will always be carefully considered. Gambling Gazette had been recognized as one of the 'Reputable Portals' at eCOGRA, check full list here.

Some of the requirements to be in this exclusive list are:

• Uninterrupted six months or more in business under the same portal brand.
• Sites will be continuously inspected by independent eCOGRA contractors at least monthly.
• Portals are expected to be professional webmasters and to conduct themselves accordingly i.e. no SEO "black hat" practices such as site scraping or blog spamming, no spamming and have respect for players.
• Websites shouldn't promote known "rogue operations" and webmasters are expected to be vigilant in that regard.

Gambling Gazette crew is honored to be choosen by the eCORGA organization as one of their members.