About Us

Certified Fair Gambling is a service offered by Jacobson Gaming, LLC.

Founded in 2003, Certified Fair Gambling is the industry leader in auditing game fairness for Internet casinos. Through comprehensive and ongoing auditing and certification procedures, Certified Fair Gambling meets the assurance needs of players, Internet casinos, and Internet casino software developers. The Certified Fair Gambling seal demonstrates an uncompromising commitment to casino game fairness.

The president and chief auditor of Certified Fair Gambling is Dr. Eliot Jacobson. Our consultants are some of the best in the business. Our skill base includes expertise in game design, game mathematics, game strategy, game programming, statististical analysis, advantage play, fairness auditing, RNG certification, RTP certification, and more.

Eliot Jacobson received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Arizona in 1983. Eliot was Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University from 1983 to 1998, where he was undergraduate chair from 1990 to 1994. He was Visiting Associate Professor and Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara from 1998 to 2009. Eliot has over twenty research publications in mathematics appearing in major international journals. In 2009, Eliot retired from academia.

Eliot started his gaming career as a young child, learning chess and bridge from his father at age five. Growing up playing games of all sorts, he opened a casino in his garage as a teenager and quickly won all the allowance money in the neighborhood. As a young adult, Eliot continued playing games. He achieved the “expert” ranking at chess, ran the GO club at Ohio University, and competed in national bridge tournaments.

At a mathematics convention in Las Vegas in 1996, Eliot discovered his talent for card counting. His 2005 book, "The Blackjack Zone" is highly praised for its explanation of complex principles in a humorous, casual and easy-to-read manner. Eliot’s brief excursion into advantage play soon blossomed into his second career as an independent consultant and casino table game analyst.

Eliot was featured on National Geographic Channel's documentary "Beating Vegas", on KLAS TV in Las Vegas, and as a frequent guest on Vegas Talk Radio. Eliot has written articles for a number of professional gaming publications, including Casino Journal and Solutions Magazine.

Eliot founded Jacobson Gaming, LLC in 2006. He purchased the company Certified Fair Gambling the same year. His company has quickly grown to be one of the world’s leading independent companies specializing in casino table game design, development, analysis, auditing and mathematical certification. With dozens of publications and media appearances, Eliot is widely recognized as one of the world's top experts on casino games and casino game mathematics.