eCOGRA: Protecting Players from Fraud

Inexperienced gamers spending time in online casinos, have you heard about the organization? eCOGRA (eCommerce Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance), however, few of them know what it does and what is the point of its existence. In order for the game in the virtual establishment to be calm, and your deposit not to be drained as a result of fraudulent actions, free time should be spent only in legal honest casinos. It is eCOGRA that is one of the structures thanks to which users can relax in gambling establishments without fear of fraud.

eCOGRA: Briefly about the important

As soon as the opportunity to open virtual casinos appeared on the Internet, not only official sites with certified licensed slots began to appear on the Internet, but also fraudulent portals, on which fakes were installed, rigged in such a way that only the owners of such a resource could earn money.

In 2002, the eCOGRA organization was founded. If you translate its full name into Russian, you get something like this: "Regulation and Guarantee of Online Games of Electronic Commerce". The headquarters of the structure is currently located in London. The initiator of the creation of the agency, which would control virtual gambling, was a well-known provider of gaming software – Microgaming company. The project was supported by the well-known portal 888.com, and the organization began its activities, which greatly helped many gambling users in the future. Today, most online casino operators fruitfully cooperate with this organization.

Today, the structure is completely independent. Its functions include regulating online gambling and preventing fraud on the Internet. As a result, thanks to its activities, almost all licensed official casinos operating on the Internet provide honest services to customers and comply with the established rules. Naturally, the organization's activities are not limited to this. eCOGRA also carries out:

full protection of the rights of gambling gamers;
informing players about user rights;
settlement of disputes between clients and virtual establishments;
development of additional rules aimed at increasing the security of online casino players;
checking virtual clubs and gaming portals;
informing visitors about the reliability of a particular establishment (on the websites of many honest establishments you can find the organization's logo).
other features aimed at protecting users from fraud.

It is quite natural that such an organization could not but appear, since every year more and more portals with gambling entertainment appear on the Internet. Accordingly, their visitors must be sure that the gaming process is fair and safe.

Today, it is very prestigious to cooperate with the eCOGRA organization, so all legal clubs try to conclude partnership agreements with the structure, as a result of which the coveted logo appears on the main page of the site. As a result, the gambling resource becomes more popular and well-known, and its owners receive additional profit due to the influx of new customers.

Club check

All official virtual establishments have the ability to check whether the club meets the eCOGRA requirements or not. If the portal has the organization's logo, then you can spend time there completely calmly. Usually, the casino issues a package of documents confirming its reliability. The main one is considered to be the main certificate, which generally proves that the resource operates honestly.

In addition, some clubs go further: they certify all the games that are available on the resource. This is a fairly long and expensive procedure. It is usually carried out by establishments operating under licenses from Great Britain, Malta, Alderney, etc. You can find such clubs on the RuNet, but mainly casinos under a Curacao license work for Russian-speaking gamers. In them, most often, the installed machines do not undergo additional certification, but this does not mean that they work unfairly. To get additional evidence of the reliability of the resource, it is recommended to study the reviews of regular visitors before registering.