As I have said in the past, one way to increase your chances of getting a fair shake when gambling online is to play at accredited sites. eCOGRA is one such accrediting body.

eCOGRA oversees the online gambling activities of some 120 tier one online casinos and poker rooms owned by some of the biggest and most established operators on the Internet, and makes available a dispute resolution service to players at those sites which have been awarded eCOGRA’s “Safe and Fair” seal.

Recently, eCOGRA released their report on complaints received in 2007  which showed that 68% of complaints were decided in favor of the player.

You may also be interested to know that eCOGRA also accredits online gambling portal sites like The Online Casino Gambling Directory. I am proud to say that I am one of fewer than 100 such sites, and have been since October 2006.