Casino News: 125th Approved Portal Seal Announced by GPWA

GPWA has announced that it has reached a milestone this week with the award of the 125th "Approved Portal Seal" to a member website. Full form of GPWA is Gambling Portal Webmasters Association. It is an organization that concentrates in areas like professional performance improvement & ethical conduct.

GPWA Fair Gaming Advocate, Steven Corfman, announced, "It has been wonderful to see the program grow so rapidly since its launch less than 3 months ago. Players are looking for sites they can trust, and honorable webmasters deserve to differentiate themselves from rogue operators. The Seal of Approval program provides the distinction these webmasters deserve, and gives consumers the information and assurance to make critical decisions about who is reputable and who to skip past. We are excited about this important milestone and look forward to continued growth”.

Portal Seals approved by GPWA reveals to the players that the designated site is managed independently of the sites it provides information about or promotes. It also means that the particular website abides by copyright standards; it is not involved in any means of SPAMMING, it never uses black hat SEO techniques and it never promotes or displays pornography. It also respects the privacy & principle of its advertising partners.

GPWA was established in May 2001. Initially its main target was to build strong relationships between affiliate program managers and portal webmasters. It has also worked as a useful bridge of communication for the webmasters. Four thousand members of GPWA communicate and share news & views in 80+ forums, with 25 000 threads and 180 000 posts.

Casino City publisher acquired GPWA in 2006. Now it is going through a phase of reconstruction.