Clampdown on Underage and Excessive gamblers

Online casinos are to start a massive crushing on underage and excessive gamblers in an effort to promote much responsible gambling. This is according to new legislation free by the by self restrictive body eCommerce and Online Gaming, Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA).

The regulations are to be enforced following an intense training session for casino managers, which covered a wide range of topics on problem gambling activities from warning underage players off to excluding gamblers with a problem. The 56 online casinos and poker rooms bearing the eCOGRA Seal of Approval wish put into operation in-house policies and a comprehensive range of severally enforced requirements that are designed in collaboration with the G4 responsible gambling consortium.

"This initiative is one of the most comprehensive and widespread responsible gambling effort yet seen in the online diversion industry", says eCOGRA's CEO Saint Beveridge. The regulations effectively bar players who are not eligible to gamble online because of compulsive behaviour that could be financially damaging to their lives, and this includes players who are too young to gamble too. Gamblers wish now have to abide by the 'minimum gambling age of 18' rule that is as well applied to most offline casinos in the event that there are no home jurisdictions in particular states wherever online gambling is acceptable.

The new requirements are a concern for marketing departments of online casinos and poker rooms because it steers them against causation any promotional or marketing literature to any player who may be considered a problem gambler, or to those who are underage, and they wish not be allowed to utilize media primarily targeted on teenagers.

Casino staff wish obtain guidelines and current employment on how to identify and deal with problem gamblers and the use of Identification Verification technology, as part of the registration process, has been formalised and is already being embraced at many a operations.

This is the right step in a safer much well-regulated direction for online gambling and one can only hope that this is simply the 1st of many a endeavours in the industry that wish add legitimacy and believability to an ever-growing market of new gamers.

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Lilly Dice is a journalist who writes for the Online Gambling Doctor and Online Poker Doctor. Dubbed Lil' Dice on her websites, she has gained experience in the news and diversion industry and has a background in broadcast and online journalism.