eCOGRA Offers Online Gaming Test
130 leading Online Casino and Poker Rooms to display eCOGRA’s software fairness reports
The online gambling standards and player protection body eCommerce and Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance has stepped up its game fairness testing for online casinos and poker rooms with the appointment of a dedicated and fully qualified team to run the Total Gaming Transaction Review (TGTR) continuous monitoring and data analysis process.
The objective of TGTR is to confirm on an ongoing basis that the games being used in online gambling venues are independent and fair by continuously analysing the actual results of the various casino and poker games. This ‘gold standard’ of verifiability is intended to ensure complete player confidence in operator procedures and increase confidence in the industry generally.
eCOGRA has expanded the test facility as an independent commercial service for any operator wishing to validate and distinguish the games on offer through a legitimate 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 RNG reports for blackjack, video poker and roulette
- Reports in 14 different languages, including Chinese and Japanese.
Andrew Beveridge, the CEO of eCOGRA says that operators wishing to use the service must first ensure that the software provider they are using has been reviewed by eCOGRA for compliance with its eGAP requirements, which establish through inspection that the software is being developed, implemented and maintained in a manner representative of best practice standards.
