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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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