eCOGRA was established as an industry-wide player protection initiative by Microgaming and 888 in 2003, and Bwin became a Member shortly thereafter. Independence from the Founding Members is assured through the following:

• Four Independent Directors effectively control the Board and are responsible for all decisions regarding eCOGRA’s compliance, advisory and certification activities. These are all eminent, well qualified and experienced professionals who are independent of the Founding Members
• eCOGRA is self-funding as a result of its compliance services
• All testing and monitoring is in the hands of a dedicated team of Chartered Accountants, auditing and IT professionals with extensive Big 4 audit firm and online gambling experience
• KPMG, as a recognised international accounting firm, performs an annual quality assurance review with the objective of ensuring that the governance structure, responsibilities, processes and approach implemented within eCOGRA’s Data Services, and Compliance and Advisory Departments are in line with best practice and industry requirements, and comply with recognised audit practices and principles
• eCOGRA has a proven track record over 6 years, currently servicing over 50 competing software providers and operators and having resolved thousands of disputes in favour of players.