Safebet.org Online Casino Gambling WatchDog Organization

Welcome to SafeBet.org

A non-profit independent fair gaming organization and a online casino watchdog

Until now, consumers interested in online wagering have had no way to know whether a particular on-line gaming establishment is fair, honest, and has sufficient financial resources to pay its winners. Regulation is poor, and consumer confidence is one of the primary obstacles to the growth of the online gaming industry. The situation is strikingly similar to the early days of gambling in Las Vegas.

SafeBet Organization, Inc is addressing major concerns of the online gaming industry. To alleviate doubt and protect consumers, SafeBet™ offers a Membership Program for online casinos and sportsbooks. SafeBet Certification enforces regulation in the gaming industry. The SafeBet™ seal is your guarantee that the casino or sportsbook bearing it is fair and honest.

The independent Internet casino testing laboratory.
SafeBet™ was organized in 1998 to monitor online casinos and help protect gamblers from unscrupulous casino operators.
In order to be approved for the SafeBet seal of approval, an online casino must demonstrate its fairness, randomness, as well as its ability and willingness to pay its winners. It also must pass a rigorous random testing period in which SafeBet engineers evaluate the casino in the field, and perform mathematical checks on all its games.

The SafeBet seal is your guarantee that the casino bearing it is fair, and is willing and able to pay its winners.

We hope that you enjoy looking around our site, and remember,

If it’s not a SafeBet…Don’t!

How it Works

In order for a casino to be permitted to bear the SafeBet seal, it must apply for the seal, and certify that it upholds the standards of fairness.
Most importantly, though, is the testing procedure that occurs afterward.
In this testing process, safebet engineers, and automated testing agents, play hundreds of thousands of games, and record every single result for further mathematical analysis.
After a statistically significant amount of data is collected about a casino, safebet’s team of mathematicians carefully analyzes this data to verify randomness of the casino.
Only after this grueling process can an online casino bear the safebet seal.

SafeBet.org  randomly retests all of its certified sites on a regular basis, to ensure that the software has not been modified after initial testing.

Standards of Fairness
An online casino must demonstrate its fairness and randomness, as well as its ability and willingness to pay its winners. Below are the 10 abiding factors for the Standards of Fairness.

1. The casino must continue to pass random mathematical tests of their game software (does not apply to Silver memberships).
2. All games must accurately play by the posted rules.
3. If there is a free version of the game software, it must play by the same rules and odds as the real money version.
4. All claims of odds and payout percentages must be true.
5. Any simulation of a real-world gaming device, such as cards or dice must, statistically, behave precisely the way that device would in real life.
6. All wagers must be protected in the case of power failure or player disconnection.
7. The Member Gaming Provider must pay any winnings and allow the withdrawal of unused deposits to Players who abide by the SafeBet Player Standards
8. Player disputes must be handled efficiently and accurately. SafeBet will arbitrate disputes at the Platinum level, assist in disputes at the Gold level, and log and monitor disputes at the Silver level.
9. Complete logs must be maintained of every player transaction and game.
10. Players, who abide by the SafeBet Player Standards, must have access to the Player’s account and the right to communicate with a casino representative about the Player’s account.

As SafeBet Members agree to uphold the 10 Standards of Fairness, so must all Players that submit disputes with SafeBet agree to the following:

1. The Player must abide by the rules of the Gaming Provider at all times.
2. The Player, family or household address must have only one active account with one physical address and valid e-mail address for each gaming provider, unless specifically directed otherwise by the gaming operator.
3. When using a credit/debit card, the Player may only use a card in their name or must be a registered user.
4. The Player must play strictly for enjoyment and in the spirit of the game. SafeBet cannot pursue claims for any Player who does not place their own money at risk.
5. The Player should never, in any case, chargeback charges to a credit card, unless specifically directed to do so by SafeBet. SafeBet considers a chargeback fraudulent. A Player who requests a chargeback to a SafeBet Member forfeits all rights to submit any dispute with SafeBet, and gives SafeBet the right to publicly label said Player “fraudulent.”
6. The Player is to communicate with courtesy in all dealings with representatives of gaming providers.
7. The Player agrees to the SafeBet statute of limitations that no dispute may be submitted 60 days or more from the date of incident.
8. The Player must at all times during play be “of age,” which is understood and agreed here to be “21.”
9. The Player agrees to provide the gaming provider with any reasonable information required.
10. The Player agrees to provide SafeBet (in a timely manner) any and all information requested by SafeBet to assist in Dispute Resolution.

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