Certification Process

The eCOGRA Affiliate Trust accreditation is based on an assessment of the following areas:

1. Affiliate revenue is calculated accurately and deductions are correctly allocated, and payments are promptly attended to and completely and accurately processed;
2. Preventative and detective controls are in place to ensure accurate and correct linking of players to affiliates;
3. Affiliate program applications are developed, implemented, maintained and secured in a manner representative of best practice standards; and
4. Affiliate programs shall be able to demonstrate that they can recover from a system disaster.

Once an affiliate program has applied for the Affiliate Trust Seal, an agreement between the program and eCOGRA will be signed. The certification process is as follows:

1. eCOGRA will conduct an on-site factual finding review to substantiate compliance with the eGAP Standards at the affiliate program operations. The review findings will be documented in a detailed Investigative Compliance Report.
2. Areas of non-compliance will be reported to the program management, and where reasonably possible eCOGRA will assist in rectifying these areas.
3. eCOGRA’s Seals Compliance Committee will consider the findings relevant to the eGAP Standards in the Investigative Compliance Reports and once all areas of non-compliance are rectified, confirm by issuing to the program the eCOGRA Affiliate Trust Seal, indicating that the program complies with the eGAP Standards.
4. The program submits to ongoing annual compliance reviews to maintain the Seal.

The initial review is performed at a time mutually convenient to the program and eCOGRA, and will take place on-site over a period of 2 to 3 days at the location of the program operations. Follow-up review work and advisory services will be provided remotely.