EGBA

European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) was launched in 2007 as a non-profit association of seven frontrunners of online gambling industry, namely: PartyGaming, bwin Group, Unibet, bet-at-home.com, Expekt, Interwetten and digibet. The organization was created with the aim of creating a universal online gambling sector in Europe in order to allow online gambling businesses operators offer their services Europe-wide.

EGBA is sure that the objective of creating a single European online gambling space is consistent with the political and economic philosophy of European Union. The organization stands against European governments that monopolize or ban online gambling taking legal recourse if needed.

Another objective of the organization is fostering secure, responsible and fair online gambling among both gamblers and online gambling businesses operators. In order to meet the second objective EGBA has elaborated its own code of conduct that is obligatory to be followed by all members of the organization.

Online gambling businesses operators wishing to become members of EGBA must comply with every requirement and statement of the code of conduct. Among the most important ones the following should be mentioned:

in-depth customer check;
24/7 customer care services;
opportunity to set limits by players themselves;
commitment to responsible gambling;
regular system audit by third-party testing facilities.

Prevention of money laundering through online gambling and advocating responsible gambling among players are special initiatives of the EGBA. With respect to the former the EGBA insists that its members implement an anti money laundering policy in order to avoid transactions that may be connected to money laundering. In order to prevent problem gambling the members of the EGBA have put in place a mechanism for the detection of possible problem gamblers operating at their sites and also provide links to organizations that counsel problem gamblers.