eCOGRA Pulls Seals

February 26, 2008

It would appear that six different online gambling operations have had their eCOGRA �safe and fair� seals pulled from their sites. The company said that as part of their normal seal renewal process they had done an on-site review at the operations concerned and they had not been able to qualify for the renewal.

The sites impacted by the removal of the seal are: Challenge Casino, located at challengecasino.com; Golden Reef Casino, located at goldenreefcasino.com; I Big Casino, located at ibigcasino.com; Music Hall Casino, located at musichallcasino.com; Nostalgia Casino, located at nostalgiacasino.com; and UK Casino Club, located at ukcasinoclub.com.

eCOGRA, or the eCommerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance company had to suspend the accreditation of the six sites due to the results of the review. The company has only done this one other time, and that was when the Jackpot Factory group was suspended and fined $25,000 for black hat SEO activities.

The sites will undergo further investigation by the team to see what needs to be corrected before they can be renewed, and the company says that the management in each of these online casinos has been notified of the suspension.

The company has also revoked Arctic Poker�s accreditation as it has not been reviewed and the company has passed its renewal date. The site is located at articpoker.com. This is a huge blow for the online casino, and the site will lose a tremendous amount of business due to the ruling.

 

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