{"id":172,"date":"2011-08-30T22:03:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T22:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.casinobonuscenter.com\/Articles\/?p=172"},"modified":"2011-08-30T22:05:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T22:05:06","slug":"betclic-achieves-ecogra-accreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/30\/betclic-achieves-ecogra-accreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"Betclic Achieves eCOGRA Accreditation","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London, 30 August 2011<\/strong> &#8211; PRESS RELEASE &#8211; <strong>Betclic<\/strong>, a well-established internet casino, poker and sportsbook company in the <strong>Betclic Everest Group<\/strong>, has successfully achieved the tough professional standards required to gain accreditation with the independent standards and player protection organisation <strong>eCOGRA<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the successful accreditation, eCOGRA chief executive Andrew Beveridge said that Betclic joins an elite group of 146 online gambling sites that have demonstrated a practical commitment to higher standards of operational conduct, fair gaming, integrity and player service through the organisation&#8217;s Safe and Fair seal, which Betclic is now entitled to display on its websites.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Betclic management is highly experienced and well established in the industry,&#8221; Beveridge said this week. &#8220;Betclic was the founding company when the Mangas Gaming Group, which subsequently became the Betclic Everest Group, was formed.<br \/>\n&#8220;It has also achieved compliance with the <strong>European Gaming and Betting Association\u2019s (EGBA)<\/strong> standards, and it is therefore not surprising that the management met all of our requirements despite a rigorous on-site inspection and review process.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The audit and inspection leading to accreditation was carried out by Bradley Khoury, a Chartered Accountant and Information Systems Auditor, who reported to the eCOGRA Seals Compliance Committee:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The cooperation and dedication of the Betclic compliance personnel accompanied by unrestricted access to knowledgeable staff and transparent information facilitated a highly comprehensive review. The organisation demonstrated strong resilience and noteworthy commitment to compliance.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Lisa Lombardi, the Licensing and Compliance Director for Betclic, said that the accreditation initiative had been both informative and challenging.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We consider the investment in time and resources to have been very well spent, giving us the opportunity to review all of our procedures and gain the benefit of a totally independent, practical and expert view of the manner in which we conduct every aspect of our business,&#8221; she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>About eCOGRA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>eCOGRA (www.ecogra.org) is a London-based organisation that sets online gambling self-regulation requirements and provides an international framework for best operational and player protection practice requirements, with particular emphasis on fair and responsible gambling.<\/p>\n<p>These requirements are enforced through inspections and reviews, and continuous monitoring.<\/p>\n<p>Accreditation is open to all software companies and operators.<br \/>\nAccredited operators are entitled to bear the <strong>\u201cSafe and Fair\u201d<\/strong> seal, indicating to players everywhere that all operational systems and games are fair and continuously monitored to consistently high standards, and that an independent player dispute channel is in place.<\/p>\n<p>eCOGRA is also an approved testing agency in various leading online gambling jurisdictions.<br \/>\n<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About Betclic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Created in 2005 by French entrepreneurs, Betclic is the founding brand of Betclic Everest Group.<\/p>\n<p>As a leading online gaming operator in the worlds of sport, poker, casino and horse-race betting in Europe, Betclic provides a locally-tailored, easy-to-use offering focused on sporting passion.<\/p>\n<p>The company is involved in promoting ethical and responsible gaming on a day-to-day basis, and has also achieved the ISO 27001:2005 information security standard.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Announcing the successful accreditation, eCOGRA chief executive Andrew Beveridge said that Betclic joins an elite group of 146 online gambling sites that have demonstrated a practical commitment to higher standards of operational conduct, fair gaming, integrity and player service through the organisation&#8217;s Safe and Fair seal, which Betclic is now entitled to display on its websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[151,148,90,149],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-casino","tag-audit","tag-betclic","tag-ecogra","tag-safe-and-fair"],"aioseo_notices":[],"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"link","format":"url"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions\/174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casinobonuscenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}