“GamCare is a registered charity that provides advice and help in addressing the social impact of gambling in the UK. GamCare spokesman Andrew Poole said:
“In achieving GamCare Certification, PokerStars have attained the highest standards in player protection and have demonstrated that they genuinely recognise the need to assist their customers in playing responsibly. We look forward to working with PokerStars in the future and in continuing to share their commitment to responsible gambling.”
PokerStars obtained verification after implementing a number of new initiatives which you may have seen for the first time last week on the online poker room. These include:
Age Verification – assuring that all UK players who play on PokerStars are of legal age.”
PokerNews (07/31/07)
Categories: Age-verification · GamCare · Technology · Underage Gambling
“Preventing underage gambling dominated the discussion at Friday morning’s House Financial Services Committee hearing on Internet gambling.
Key witnesses offered conflicting reports on the effectiveness of identity verification measures. Jeff Schmidt, CEO of the identity-verification firm Authis, testified that current technology is inaccurate, failing 20 to 25 percent of the time.
Michael Colopy, Senior Vice President of Communications for another identity-verification firm named Aristotle, disagreed with Schmidt. He said that the technology is maturing, employing a multi-layered approach that is nearly 100-percent reliable.
The conflicting testimony will do little to ease congressional fears about Internet gambling in the U.S., prompting Buffalo State Business Law Professor Joseph Kelly to say that more hard data is necessary for regulation to gain traction…”
Casino City Times (06/08/07)
Categories: Age-verification · News · Technology
