Services

Pari-mutuel System Testing and Certification

Introduction

iTech Labs is an ISO/IEC 17025 certified testing laboratory. Our clients include some of the largest in the online gaming industry. Our testing ensures that the games comply with the relevant standards, they are fair and the system is reliable and resilient.

Our Experience

iTech Labs consultants have tested and certified all types of GAMES on a wide range of online gaming platforms (including some of the LARGEST ONLINE PARI-MUTUEL WAGERING systems in the world) during the past 12+ years. Our Principals and Senior consultants have a combined experience of over 40 years in testing and certifying online gaming systems for customers worldwide.

Pari-mutuel System Testing

Our testing ensures that the online based pari-mutuel wagering application comply with the relevant standards , the wagers are correctly placed into the pools for each bet type and the dividends/odds are dynamically calculated based on the wagers placed on each bet/event pool.

The main areas covered for Pari-mutuel testing are the following:

Bet/event type rules are evaluated to verify that pari-mutuel wagering Bet/event type functionality corresponds to the rules of the Bet/event type

Functional testing - includes testing for correct wagering operation –placing wagers, cancellations, calculated odds during betting, result entry, calculation of commission and dividends, payment of winnings, abandon events, refunds, etc, controlled testing of wagering operation, verification of wagering transaction logs, testing of wagering system interruptions etc.

Verification of essential system reports – performance reports for games, player reports, payment reports

What are the deliverables for Pari-mutuel System testing?

While testing is in progress

Weekly progress reports with percentage progress for each module and details about any issues holding up or delaying testing

Weekly or bi-weekly defect reports including screen shots, steps to reproduce, detailed explanation, customer comments and priorities to indicate problem severity

On completion of testing

A report outlining the evaluation conducted and the results of that evaluation

A certification logo to be placed on the gaming site, and

A linked certificate indicating compliance with the tests carried out. A hot-linked original certificate is maintained on the iTech Labs web site for verification of authenticity

Examples of evaluations conducted by Tech Labs

• Random Number Generators (RNG) – hardware and pseudo

Casino & Multiplayer games testing

• Casino games (Slots, Video poker, Poker, Blackjack, Baccarat, Roulette, Keno, Dice games etc)
• Maths evaluations - theoretical Return To Player (RTP) calculations
• Mobile games
• Multi-lingual evaluation of gaming site content
• Multiplayer Backgammon games and tournaments
• Multiplayer Bingo games and tournaments
• Multiplayer Blackjack games and tournaments
• Multiplayer Poker games and tournaments
• Virtual racing games

Sports betting, Pari-mutuel wagering & Financial market games

• Financial market games
• Pari-mutuel wagering
• Sports betting

RTP/RNG output audits

• RNG output audits of real money games (applicable to card, dice, ball games)
• RTP audits of real money games (applicable to all casino games)

Non-Game specific testing

• Computer system controls (as required by the jurisdiction)
• Customer registration, verification and payment systems
• Network and Communications
• Player protection
• Security - Application, Network and Host level
• Technical due diligence (e.g. when purchasing a gaming system)