New Director joins eCOGRA
28 September 2005

It was recently announced by the independent chairman of eCORGA, Michael Hirst, that Karl Magnusson, a Swedish national, will join eCORGA’s online gambling self-regulatory bodied board of directors.

Karl Magnusson is an excellent addition to eCORGA, as he is one of the directors of Ongame, a software developer which resides in Stockholm Sweden and powers one of the biggest poker operations in the industry – PokerRoom.com. On top of that, Magnusson is also one of the directors of the UK companies Nordicone Ltd. and Ongame Ltd. In addition he has extensive experience when it comes to the financial and general management of major organizations that include ABN Amro’s Alfred Berg Asset Management, as well as the government of Sweden’s financial statistics department.

Michael Hirst said that eCORGA welcomes Magnusson, and is proud to have such an individual who brings valuable management and financial expertise to their establishment. Magnusson is a compliment to the already high caliber group of directors eCORGA currently has. Their professional team consists of highly respected individuals that include Frank Catania and Bill Galston, who work in harmony with the leading industry executives Roger Raatgever from Microgaming and John Anderson from Cassava.

Ongame has become the latest and third major Internet gambling Software Company to unite with eCORGA’s self-regulatory initiative. This particular program is one that looks for a way to protect players through their “Play It Safe” seal. This seal is currently featured on over 50 online casino and poker room websites. Altogether, eCORGA’s members make up more than 80 percent of the Internet casino industry’s turnover, and provide software to three out of the six top poker networks.

eCORGA works to protect players by allowing them the opportunity to control their gambling if they have a problem, and also helps to control underage gambling. Thus, players who see the eCORGA seal at the online casino or poker room website they are playing at know that the company is concerned about their personal welfare as a player.