Published: Friday, December 23, 2005 Online-Casinos.com
ONLINE CASINO SITE CAUTIONS - MAGIC GOLD
Not to mince words....this is a lie
Companies that lie or cheat can rarely be trusted, and this week a glaring example arose when an eagle eyed online casino player spotted the unlikely presence of an eCOGRA "Play It Safe" seal on Real Time Gaming-powered Magic Gold Online Casino. Unlikely, because RTG has not applied for or undergone the stringent eCOGRA inspection requirements necessary before any of its licensees can even think of obtaining the seal.
Busted out by the Online Casino Meister portal, the casino operator has yet to defend what is probably indefensible.
Certainly eCOGRA CEO Andrew Beveridge confirmed that neither RTG nor Magic Gold Online Casino had any right to use the "Play It Safe" seal, and they will no doubt be hearing from him shortly.
Check out this Magic Gold Online Casino site copy, too:
"Magic Gold Online Casino is owned by the premier online gaming fund, Rising Star Gaming. Rising Star Gaming is a private equity fund specialising in the acquisition, finance and management of online gaming properties. In addition to Magic Gold Casino we own and operate several other casinos and multiplayer poker sites....
"Our company .....subscribes to the responsible code of conduct of the Interactive Gaming Council. Our games are tested for compliance by TST Global, the leader in electronic gaming compliance. Our E-Cogra certification is currently pending."
Rising Star has featured in InfoPowa bulletins before now - it acquired the Hampton and Portofino groups and the word was that they bought these from World eGaming.