Online Gambling Code Launched

October 11, 2007

The European Interactive Gaming Congress and Expo has launched a new code of conduct as it relates to online gambling procedures. The code is hoping to protect players from themselves and those that would take advantage of their desire to participate in online gambling by setting standards for the industry that all are expected to follow.

GamCare, e-Commerce Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance, and the Remote Gaming Association got together to create the codes of protection for the online gambling industry. Microgaming had gotten many industry executives together earlier in the year and they had created the basis for the code at that time. The hope is that although the majority of online gambling companies and online casinos are already taking steps to protect their players, this will give a more unified standard for all to follow.

The new code will address a variety of problems, including player protection, underage online gambling, and online gambling addiction. It also handles how companies are promoting and marketing themselves. eCOGRA sites already follow a set of rules and regulations, and this new code will be implemented among them as well and they will be expected to abide by it.

The code for online gambling has thirty different talking points of things that they must be prepared for and able to handle. The gambling addiction agencies such as GamCare applauded the efforts of the online gambling industry to try and halt the spread of the disease, and to try and protect our youth from the ever present temptation of online gambling.

They believe that the online gambling community will be able to make better and more informed decisions with this code, and know that they are secure in their mobile online gambling as well as the various companies having their best interests at heart.



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