IGC Interactive Gaming Council

The Interactive Gaming Council, which is a non-profit organization, was founded in 1996 in the United States and then moved to Vancouver, Canada, and incorporated in Canada in March of 2000. The IGC was formed with the goal of providing a forum that allows people to address issues and to be able to discuss interests that they may have int the global interactive gaming industry and to create fair and responsible trade guidelines and rules that boost customer confidence in the industry. Since the company was founded, their membership numbers have increased tremendously and they have been getting increasingly more attention from noteworthy industry groups. They now have members from all over the world, including the U.S., the U.K., South Africa, Israel, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia, Denmark and Sweden, to name just a few. The Interactive Gaming Council strives to continue building their reputation for reliability, integrity and credibility in the industry; and in an effort to show this, they have come up with a strict Code of Conduct. Below is a synopsis of this code.
Code of Conduct for the Interactive Gaming Council

1. Regulatory Compliance: Every Interactive Gaming Council member will abide by all laws/regulations of the jurisdiction in which they do business. Any member issued a gaming license will provide proof of that license. All members will do all in their power to get all documentation on any limitations that are imposed by the government that issued their license.

2. Accountability: Interactive Gaming Council members agree to make available for inspection/review by government or gaming commission their systems, algorithms and practices.

3. Consumer Privacy and Data Protection: Interactive Gaming Council members agree to create and run their services in a manner that provides consumer privacy and confidentiality. Members also agree to make easily obtainable a copy of these practices and procedures. Members will do everything in their power to detect and eliminate all forms of fraud and to make sure that all data and systems are free from internal and external breaches.

4. Truth in Advertising: Interactive Gaming Council members agree to be completely truthful in all published advertising and promotions and to post only truthful information about all operations. They also agree to publish for the public all Gaming and Wagering Operator Member rules, all steps in the registration process, and current payout percentages .

5. Dispute Resolution and Audit Trails: All Interactive Gaming Council members will be sure to keep detailed records of all transactions that will be made accessible for audit by any legitimate gaming commission or government authority.

6. Limiting Access by Minors: Interactive Gaming Council members will put into effect measures to keep underage players from gaining access to their gaming systems. These measures will request that all consumers affirm that they are of legal gaming age in their respective jurisdiction. Each Interactive Gaming Council member will take reasonable measures to confirm this information.

These are just a few of the examples of codes of conduct that IGC members are to follow. To see a complete list with all the details, you can visit their website at www.igcouncil.org