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How is a certificate from some Company I have never heard of and I can’t find any information on supposed to give me, the player any kind of comfort level?

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Exactly. Look at Everest Poker for example. They went from tiny to huge pretty fast (they are ranked #5 on pokersitescout.com). As they say on their webbpage: "Trust: It's the secret to our growth." Sweet.

Everest Poker are owned by Ultra Internet Media (UIM), Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada. They brag about making their "poker game software and test data available to external auditors and gaming authorities to provide an outside, independent check". Who are these external auditors? They mention Technical Systems Testing (TST). I'm don't know if TST qualifies as being "some Company", but they sure aren't PWC.

Another reason why we should comfortable playing at their site is that Everest Poker is a member of Online Gaming Alliance (OGA). Guess who owns and run OGA? UIM...

A funny detail is that membership in the OGA is restricted to sites powered by software from Grand Virtual. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Grand Virtual= Everest Poker..? Round and round it goes.

Keep the tinfoil hat on, guys.