Online Gambling & Industry
GLI certification
GLI certification is the official confirmation that a gaming product or system has passed testing by Gaming Laboratories International against applicable regulatory or GLI standards.
- Also called
- Gaming Labs Certified, GLI Certified Mark
- Applies to
- Electronic gaming devices, RNGs, iGaming games, platforms, progressive systems, electronic table games, monitoring systems, and online casino, lottery, poker, sports wagering, and live-dealer technologies.
- Standards
- Product certification is a Type 1a scheme under ISO/IEC 17065:2012, with evaluation under ISO/IEC 17025:2017.
Key points
- GLI evaluates a product against jurisdictional requirements or GLI standards and issues a certificate of compliance if it passes testing.12
- The GLI Certified Mark signifies the associated product met specified requirements after GLI evaluation.2
- Many regulated jurisdictions worldwide use GLI standards as a starting point for their own regulations.13
Where this term is used
Not the same as
- Gli 19 certification — a specific technical standard for interactive gaming systems, whereas GLI certification is the broader act of certifying a product against any GLI or jurisdictional standard
- GLI-33 certification — a specific technical standard for event wagering systems, whereas GLI certification is the broader act of certifying a product against any GLI or jurisdictional standard
Related terms
Online
Gli certification diamond
A specific GLI certification mark for products meeting the highest level of compliance.
Online
Gli 19 certification
Certification against GLI-19, the technical standard for interactive gaming systems.
Online
GLI-33 certification
Certification against GLI-33, the technical standard for event wagering systems.
Online
iGaming
Refers to the broader GLI ecosystem of testing, standards, and certification for gaming.
Online
Ecogra certification
An alternative certification body focused on fair play and player protection in online gambling.
Online
Gli-11
A GLI standard for electronic gaming devices in land-based casinos.
Sources
- GLI Certified Mark gaminglabs.com Defines the GLI Certified Mark and explains the certification process.
- [PDF] GLI Product Certification Scheme - Gaming Laboratories International gaminglabs.com Provides the product certification scheme details, including Type 1a classification and ISO standards.
- GLI Standards by Gaming Labs International gaminglabs.com States that many jurisdictions use GLI standards as a basis for their regulations.
Sources are drawn from regulators, universities and published research, and each one is labelled with what it actually is — a preprint is not called a paper. Bookmaker and affiliate pages are never cited here, because a page that sells betting is not a neutral authority on it.