Cape Town, South Africa was recently the home of the first known seminar on problem online gambling that brought together a diverse assortment of online casino operators and owners in a single meeting place.  The meeting was organized by the e-Commerce and Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance non-profit group, otherwise known as eCOGRA.

Focusing on potential lash backs the online gambling industry may receive from governmental regulators if online casinos do not uphold high standards of preventing problem gambling (which includes underage gambling), eCOGRA encouraged all casino operators to insure they were going above and beyond what they have been doing up until late.

The CEO of eCOGRA, Andrew Beveridge, reminded casino managers that they not only have an ethical and moral obligation to do this, they also voiced their own new problem gambling regulatory standards which must be met if the casinos sought to keep their previously obtained eCOGRA Seal of Approvals.

It is quite apparent that eCOGRA is taking these steps due to their involvement with the drafting of the UK Gambling Bill.  The bill, which imposes strict rules and heavy regulation on online casinos who operate from the UK with gambling licenses, is the first of its kind in that Britain will be the first major powerhouse country to legalize and fully regulate online casino gambling.  With the help of eCOGRA and some responsible online casinos, the potential problem of problem gambling will be at a minimum.

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