Code of conduct for the European gambling industry

The European Interactive Gaming Congress and Expo (EIG) held in October 2007 in Barcelona was the place where a new code of conduct for the european gambling industry was suggested, starting from a worshop discussion started by Microgaming and than joined by GamCare, eCogra, and the RGA that presented the new code of conduct to leading online gaming jurisdictions.

The 30-points code of conduct is dealing with issues regarding poker and other forms of online gambling is loking into issues related to responsabile gambling such as : underage gamblers, protection for online players, , advertising, staff training and customer communication.

Andrew Poole, MD of GamCare Trade Services, declared : ‘We are hoping that adoption of this code will better enable the gambling public to make better informed decisions regarding their online gambling destinations, with the knowledge that operators are required to protect the welfare and enjoyment of their players.’