Sign of a Place to Play Blackjack

Feb 21, 2011 Casino Gambling Today

How can you tell if an online casino is a safe place to play online blackjack?

This is a question you should be asking yourself when you embark on the quest to find a place to call home for online blackjack. Safety is a major concern for not only online blackjack players, but for online casino patrons overall.

One of the first things you need to look for is who the online casino is regulated by. The regulating body is the government organization in the country the online casino received its license from that the online casino answers to. While US players are not currently protected by their own government, they can find a bit of protection in the regulating body of an overseas online casino. Well, they can find someone to complain to, but since the US player is not a citizen of that country there is no guarantee that the regulating body will do anything.

So that is one thing to look for to ensure that there is some measure of safety and fairness when you play online blackjack. But there is another thing to look for, something better. And just because this something is better does not mean that you can disregard if an online casino is unregulated.

The strongest indicator of standard in the online casino industry is the eCOGRA’s ‘Fair and Safe’ seal. That seal means that the online casino in question has passed and continues to pass audits performed by this independent auditing body. When eCOGRA is considering an online casino for its seal, they check the casino’s dispute settlement for lack of bias, a strong customer support staff, timely and fair payouts, randomness in the offered casino games, including online blackjack and responsible gaming measures.

If an online casino has passed and continues to pass periodic audits, it is allowed to display the eCOGRA ‘Fair and Safe’ seal. This seal is recognized industry-wide as an indicator of a quality online casino to play at.

When looking for a place to play online blackjack, learn who the regulating body is and if the online casino is approved by eCOGRA.

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