LONDON, England and BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – (PRESS RELEASE) -- eCommerce
and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) and Casino City today
announce a joint collaborative agreement and the introduction of new
eCOGRAcertification features on the popular Casino City website.
eCOGRA and Casino City share a common goal of helping online casino
patrons enjoy a safe and properly supported online gaming experience.
eCOGRA's focus is on establishing self-imposed regulation in a largely
unregulated industry to ensure player protection. Casino City's focus is on
providing players with the information they need to make intelligent choices
about the online gaming sites they visit.
Casino City's directory of online and offline gaming locations is by far
the largest and most popular in the world. Originally established in 1995, it
sports over 5,000 gaming destinations, including 2,000 online casino, poker,
sportsbook, and bingo sites. Online gaming sites are organized in a variety
of ways including language, licensing jurisdiction, and software vendor at
https://online.casinocity.com. One unique feature is the use of continuously
updated web-traffic data to objectively rank sites by their popularity.
Casino City's online gaming directory has been enhanced so all casinos
that have earned the eCOGRA seal are prominently identified. A complete list
of eCOGRA approved casinos is provided, and visitors can display a list of
eCOGRA approved casinos supporting the language of their choice ranked in
popularity order. News about eCOGRA will also be routinely integrated into
the site.
Andrew Beveridge, Executive Director of eCOGRA, says "We are delighted to
work with a responsible, professional, influential organization like Casino
City in further expanding the eCOGRA player protection and casino regulating
initiative. Although this is an innovative arrangement on the part of Casino
City, we look forward to similar relationships that improve communication with
both the industry and the players."
Michael Corfman, President and CEO of Casino City says "We are very
pleased to put our full support behind eCOGRA because its goals in
establishing standards for player protection are critical to both players and
the online gaming industry. The commitment to self-regulation demonstrated by
the 44 current eCOGRA approved casinos is to be applauded. We anticipate and
hope that our action in recognizing approved casinos will further encourage
other casinos and software vendors in their decision to undergo the rigorous
approval process."