It was way out of line, not professional and definitely not something one expects from a MG casino. Much less from one being managed under the JF label.
Personally I’m pretty peeved how this whole thing has turned out.
JF has been thrown to the wolves. Yet in regards to 888 who has committed far worse acts in regards to eCogra’s eGap, flies under the radar and is allowed by eCogra to continue business as usual.
Based on this, It’s my opinion that JF have been used as a pawn/scape goat.
eCogra imo has its hand tied by John Anderson (CEO of Cassava), who is also a non-executive director of eCogra. Who injected considerable funds into eCogra’s foundation (along with CEO Roger Raatgever of Microgaming).
Word on the grape vine suggests that this financial backing still continues today. Personally I don’t see the 888 issue ever being dealt with by eCogra, given the following extract on their site:
Basically no matter what the board members decided, both John Anderson, Roger Raatgever and Karl Magnusson can override them.
Is it me or do you also find it rather comical that no mention anywhere on eCogra that both John Anderson & Roger Raatgever provided the financial backing to get eCogra started?
So much for transparency and integrity. As far as independence, as long as it got nothing to do with a casino/poker room any of these so called independent directors hold business interest too they will uphold eCogra’s eGap, otherwise they’ll turn a blind eye!
For completeness, those interested, here is links to two of my posts over at CM. (remove XXX)
XXXhttp://www.casinomeister.com/forums/107515-post345.html
XXXhttp://www.casinomeister.com/forums/107528-post348.html
I’ll probably put a few people’s noses out of joint over this post. However most ofthis is my opinion and I’m entitled to that as you are to yours. 