eCOGRA Increased Fairness Testing Program for Online Casinos

The online casino watchdog group eCommerce and Online Gambling Regulation Assurance (eCOGRA) has introduced a new 'gold standard' fairness testing program for online casinos to ensure complete players' confidence in online casinos bearing the eCOGRA Seal.

eCOGRA has appointed a dedicated and qualified team to the run the Total Gaming Transaction Review (TGTR), which will provide continuous monitoring and data analysis processes. The simple objective of TGTR is to confirm, on an ongoing basis, that the games being playing at online gambling venues are independent and fair for the players.

Operators wishing to use the service to give their customers' peace of mind must ensure that the software provider they are using has been reviewed by eCOGRA for compliance with its eGAP requirements.

The CEO of eCOGRA elaborated, saying: "This enables eCOGRA to obtain a sufficient level of comfort that the games are being professionally developed and are inherently fair before monitoring the ongoing results, and we have implemented systems which enable us to provide updated reports within two weeks of month-end on the casino and poker websites without any effort from the operator."

The TGTR program will validate online casinos through a test and certification process that includes:

• Payout percentage reports for slots, table games, poker games and all games on a monthly basis.


• Poker card-shuffling reviews on a monthly basis.


• Bi-annual Random Number Generator reports for blackjack, video poker and roulette.


• Reports in 14 different languages, including Chinese and Japanese.

eCOGRA has hired London-based firm KPMG to regularly review the TGTR work to further ensure its accuracy. KPMG will monitor the following:

• The people and processes involved in producing reports.


• The RNG methodology.


• The process followed on a sample of RNG reviews.


• The process to conduct payout reconciliation reviews.

To play at an eCOGRA-verified online casino for peace of mind, go to Casino-on-Net 888 or River Belle Casino.

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