Online gambling consumer watchdog, eCommerce Online Gambling Regulation and Assurance, which issues "Safe and Fair" seals to online casinos which comply with eCOGRA's online safety requirements, announced that six online casinos had seals suspended and one had its seal revoked altogether.

After site reviews, as per its seal renewal process, eCOGRA deemed that Goldenreefcasino.com, Challengecasino.com, ibigcasino.com, Musichallcasino.com, UKcasinoclub.com and Nostalgiacasino.com were found to have deficiencies that put them at odds with eCOGRA's Generally Accepted Principles (GAP) and as a result, the six would have their seals suspended until investigations could be conducted.

eCOGRA's first suspension came against The Jackpot Factory back in August 2006 but a resolution was reached after a fine and increased monitoring.

Meanwhile, eCOGRA also announced that it had revoked Arctic Poker's "Safe and Fair" seal.

"It should further be noted that the operations applicable to Arctic Poker (arcticpoker.com) did not form part of the eCOGRA review, and therefore the seal for this site has been revoked, as the time by which it should have been reviewed has expired," eCOGRA said.