PR: eCOGRA COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON JACKPOT FACTORY SEARCH ENGINE ISSUE

[rowmare]

There are some who refuse to be satisfied no matter what the solution.

Taking them at their word that they did not know about the nature of this SEO campaign, what solution would have fit? Remove their eCOGRA seal permanently, thereby encouraging similar mishaps in the future to languish in favor of SEO benefits?

Seems to me that they did fix the problem, not as quickly as one would like, but it was fixed.

I personally feel that, although rigidity has it's place, it often cripples more than it heals. To keep beating the dead horse won't do any good. I am sure that any other casino operations who have been following this storey will make good and sure that any SEO campaigns they contract out will be managed by somebody internally.

Lesson learned. Time to move on.

[jetset]

There's a huge difference between being a casual poster on a message board with the freedom to make allegations or speculate on hearsay reports, and on being a corporate entity that is legally responsible for its actions and is accountable for them.

Such an entity cannot afford the luxury of making snap decisions based on general accounts or claims, and has to make its decisions based on ascertainable fact that has been properly adduced.

That's why a professional and fully empowered investigation was ordered, and on the factual contents of its report a highly experienced and integrity driven compliance committee made its findings.

The committee did not ignore the fact that this was a totally unacceptable practice - it says so right there in the preamble without getting emotional about it. And JF management conceded that this was so.

Previous to this, JF had a clean record, and Rowmare makes a good point in my opinion - is it better to increase monitoring and ensure compliance with new preventative measures at JF or simply, for the fleeting satisfaction of drawing blood, cutting it loose.

[Pinababy69]

However, I believe my opinion will represent a majority of observers (though I am only speaking for myself). I believe that you have been mislead and misinformed in order to reach this atrocious decision and I urge you to reconsider, re-investigate, and interview parties outside of Jackpot Factory who may have additional knowledge and evidence which you have not yet seen.

At this point, I have nothing else to say except to register my extreme disappointment at this development.

I had a whole bunch of things to say about this...but I think that Spear's post pretty much summed it all up. Awesome post Spear!!

I don't see that much else will happen in regards to this, so no sense in me beating a dead horse.....I'd only be reiterating what Spear already said. I really believe that one of the biggest issues was totally overlooked here and that's the fact that it was okay to make fun of disadvantaged people. I'm not talking about targeting people who may have been "vulnerable". I'm talking about the whole idea of writing humorous stories about cancer, death, suicide, depression, etc. To me, this whole issue wasn't JUST about it's relation to gambling, but about life in general, and what some people consider as "acceptable". All I CAN say is that I hope to GOD it never happens again.