Criteria

Accreditation is open to all online gambling portals, which may be awarded the Reputable Portals Seal under the following circumstances :

• Uninterrupted six months or more in business under the portal brand to be linked.
• The webmaster undertakes to provide his or her name and contact details, and eCOGRA undertakes to regard this information as strictly confidential.
• Linking is done on the understanding that the relationship can be severed at any time by either party, without notice or explanation.
• Sites that link to eCOGRA will be periodically inspected by eCOGRA.
• Applicants to link will be confidentially vetted.
• Applicants are expected to be professional webmasters and to conduct themselves accordingly i.e. no SEO "black hat" practices such as site scraping or blog spamming, no spamming and have respect for players.
• Applicants must under no circumstances abuse the linking privilege for purposes of spamming or other unethical activities.
• Any misuse of the eCOGRA or "Safe and Fair" brands will mean immediate cessation of the linking arrangement.
• Webmasters are urged to consider associating themselves with professional webmaster/affiliate bodies.
• eCOGRA prefers not to be associated with sites that promote known "rogue operations" and webmasters are expected to be vigilant in that regard.
• Reciprocal recognition of eCOGRA on the linked portal site is required, with eCOGRA seals displayed alongside approved gambling sites, and the Reputable Portal Seal linking through to a certificate providing a brief overview of eCOGRA (to be supplied by eCOGRA).