Gambling Zone Trust Badge
The Gambling Zone Trust Badge is an online certificate and badge that approves an online casino or sports betting site is a safe and fair place to play online casino games or place bets. Gambling Zone only awards the Trust Badge to sites that meet strict criteria. Keep reading to find out exactly how a site secures a Gambling Zone Trust Badge.
Advantages of Having the Gambling Trust Badge
At Gambling Zone, we provide ourselves on our commitment to upholding industry standards and offering our readers honest and well-researched reviews and opinions.
The Gambling Zone Trust Badge is only handed out to sites we deem to be of the highest-quality. To receive our badge, operators must meet our consistently high standards.
Trust and transparency are crucial in the online gambling industry, and we want to ensure our name is associated with both. As such, by providing an operator with the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, we are letting our users know that we have faith in this site to live up to the standards we have set.
Securing the Gambling Zone Trust Badge: Your Guide to Earning Our Seal
Licencing & Regulation:
For an operator to receive the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, it must hold a valid license from a gambling authority relative to its location. For example, a British site must have a license from the United Kingdom (UKGC).
Minimum Score:
For a casino or sports betting site to be considered for the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, it must receive a minimum review rating of 8.5 or more from our dedicated team of casino experts. We have a thorough review process that is designed to help us ensure we are only recommending high-quality, safe online casinos and sports betting sites to our readers.
Third Party Audit of Games:
When we consider a site for the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, we check to see if its games have been confirmed for quality by third-party auditors. If a site is to receive our badge, games must be audited by recongised bodies like eCOGRA or iTech Labs. In General, the more a site has been independently audited for quality, the better.
Customer Support:
All of the sites we recommend must provide 24 hour live-support for its customer in some capacity. Our preference is always live-chat, as this is the most convenient way for users to contact customer support.
Responsible Gambling Measures:
One of the most important factors when determining whether or not a casino or bookmaker should receive the Gambling Zone Trust Badge is their responsible gambling measures. To receive our approval, a site must offer comprehensive gambling resources and tools, this includes things like self-exclusion and deposit limits.
Reputation & User Feedback:
To be given the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, an operator must have a strong reputation among online casino players. User feedback is essential, and before we hand out our badge, we will always check online reviews and explore user feedback.
Well-Established
Finally, for a site to receive the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, it must have been in business for at least a year. This is not to say that a new site cannot offer a high-quality gambling experience, we just want to be sure that is a site is well-established and that it can offer a consistently high standard.
Gambling Zone’s Commitment to Security
At Gambling Zone, we are committed to the safety and security of our readers whenever they visit an online casino. In order to qualify for the Gambling Zone Trust Badge, operators must meet very specific criteria when it comes to safety and security.
All operators need to be licensed and regulated by a respected governing body such as the United Kingdom Gambling Commission. They should also use SSL encryption technology and display certificates to show this clearly to all players. Likewise, they will also need to have information about data privacy and have a robust Know Your Customer (KYC) policy.
Further to this point, operators will also need to have thorough verification processes that protect players from fraud and other potential risks.
Where possible, Gambling Zone also likes to see certificates and badges from other third-parties. We believe in working alongside other companies and auditors in the industry to provide a safe and secure gambling environment for everyone.
How Gambling Zone Maintains Trust and Integrity
Gambling Zone is a big believer in setting the standards that we expect from others. Our dedicated team of casino and sports betting experts share years of experience in the industry, and we will always cross-check our findings with one another to ensure that we are in agreement. If anybody raises concerns around a site, they are taken seriously.
We believe in upholding high standards of customer service and advocate for responsible gambling. We have a dedicated, responsible gambling page.
We are also committed to providing our readers with the tools to identify a safe website. Readers will find information on our site about how to do so.
