The Kahnawake Gaming Commission, the gambling jurisdiction based in Canada, which licenses and regulates online gambling sites, has approached the industry watchdog group, eCOGRA to oversee its new compliance program. 55 of the KGC’s licensees will be subject to inspection by eCOGRA to ensure that they meet industry standards in issues relating to fair gaming, responsible gambling, customer protection and random games. The program will call for annual checks to ensure that the standards are ongoing.

“The KGC and its licensees have demonstrated a great determination to achieve best practice standards, and we respect the commitment that has so far been shown,” said the CEO of eCOGRA, Andrew Beveridge. “We look forward to the considerable task ahead and have almost completed 4 initial test reviews that have generated enthusiastic feedback from the operators concerned. The most important aspect of this program is that players will be safer, and that can only be to the credit of the industry.”