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LAS VEGAS, Nevada – The online gambling world industry has announced plans for player protection as one of the largest online gambling research subjects. It is expected to provide the first player perspective following the enormous growth of the world wide gambling industry.

There are many studies that are trying to capture the opinions of over twenty thousand players through a survey over the Internet. There are well over two hundred players in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany, and Sweden that will be asked for their input in the subject. This is believed to be the first attempt to give players the ability to have power and to put figures on their concerns and priorities for this gambling industry.

There are leading gambling research teams from the University of Las Vegas and Nottingham Trent University that will be beginning research as soon as possible wit the resulting eCOGRA, Global Gambler Report, staring up in January 2007. This information will provide some insight to player’s attitudes around the world. This will also put a focus on what is constituted in the fair gaming, perception of the operators conduct, and also including customer service responsibilities and will list opinions on what other player protection needs to be adopted.

The report will also bring light on who the gamblers are, how often, why they are gambling and what the consequences are including the impact on their financial situation and their mental being. This report will also focus on the difference between poker and casino players.

The eCOGRA announcement comes into play during the current legislative and regulatory issues in the United States and the main concern that the industry does not focus enough to identify and stop problem gambling. The eCOGRA’s eGAP, or Generally Accepted Practices will provide an international build up of the best operating and player protection standards and its “Play it Safe” seal is currently the industry’s only independently known certification that rechecks recipients through the proper international auditing firm.

The CEO of eCOGRA, Andrew Beveridge says, “We believe this is the first time that the industry has tried to really identify what its customers- the players- want and what motivated them. There are a large variety of people that are interested in gambling. This is what has made it hard up till now to do a good method of research of any kind on this topic. It is very important that all the concerns of the players be fully understood and organizations like eCOGRA are compliant with their needs. These results will be better informative and help make better decisions for the gambling world along with new software designs being invented. This news invites a new and improved step for everyone and a sign of the industry maturing.