Euro Poker News: eCOGRA Welcomes UK Regulatory TestsGaming Regulation Organisation (eCOGRA) Supports UK Approach to Testing |
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ECommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eGOGRA), the online gambling standards and dispute mediation organisation, expressed support today for the UK Gambling Commission's recently published testing approach for online gambling software.
The player protection and standards body chief says his organisation is especially pleased that the Commission has recognised the validity of outcome-based testing principles and methodology.
Andrew Beveridge, CEO of eCOGRA said, "It is encouraging to see that the Commission has officially adopted outcome-based testing to assess compliance with their remote gambling technical standards."
In addition to the outcome based testing, both eCOGRA and the Commission require verification that the development, implementation, and maintenance of the gambling software is representative of best-practice standards.
"It's worth noting, too, that eCOGRA goes significantly further than these excellent guidelines in that our RNG (random number generator) testing incorporates every single live gaming transaction on an ongoing basis, and we additionally perform monthly payout percentage testing and routinely publish the results. RNG testing per se actually says little about the fairness of a game - a random game with a 40 percent payout is hardly fair, for example," he added.
Beveridge said that the Commission's decision on remote gambling testing was a positive event for the industry. "This is the sort of thing we have been applying since eCOGRA started operations almost five years ago, and we know from experience that the principles and methodology is effective," he said.
ECOGRA , which approves sitesd such as Pacific Poker and PokerRoom.com, sets online gambling standards and provides an international framework for best operational and player protection practice requirements. These are enforced through inspections and reviews, and continuous monitoring.
Companies that have achieved accreditation with eCOGRA are entitled to bear the organisation's "Safe and Fair" seal, indicating to players everywhere that all operational systems and games are continuously monitored to consistently high standards.
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