eCOGRA Progress On Jackpot Factory Scandal
Published: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 Online-Casinos.com
eCOGRA PROGRESS ON JACKPOT FACTORY SCANDAL
Independent investigators from an international business services group to
carry out onsite enquiry
Players watching for developments on the Jackpot Factory SEO scandal (see
previous Online-Casinos.com & InfoPowa reports) were rewarded this week by
a progress report from the standards and player protection body eCommerce and
Online Gaming Regulation and Assurance (eCOGRA) under whose authority Jackpot
Factory operations fall.
The progress report publicly announced the following:
A full investigation is now under way, with an independent team from auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers appointed by eCOGRA.
The investigation will take place at the main base for Jackpot Factory operations,
and all parties responsible for the JF marketing and approval system, including
outsourced activities and management will be interviewed, and the appropriate
systems examined in detail.
The intention is to fully and objectively test JF's explanation of events, examine
ongoing measures to remove the offensive material from the Internet and make recommendations
to ensure that there is no recurrence.
Jackpot Factory management has been cooperative in this endeavour, giving an undertaking
that they will render all assistance necessary to enable the investigative team
to complete their work, and reiterating their determination to remove the material
in question from the Internet. They have made a financial commitment towards the
cost of the inspection.
Once the inspection has been completed an unbiased report prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers
will be submitted to the eCOGRA independent directors responsible for operational
issues, who will consider this document before making appropriate decisions, at
which point a further and hopefully final public report will be issued.
