The rules that keep the room usable.

Who this is for

iGRT Community is a closed, professional network for people who work inside the iGaming industry. Operators, affiliates, traders, payments and compliance specialists, B2B providers, founders and investors. It is a business-to-business directory and discussion space. It is not a consumer gambling product, it is not a tipster service, and it is not a place to promote bets, picks or odds to retail audiences.

You are reading this because you applied for membership, were approved by a human reviewer, and now have access to a directory of peers and a set of WhatsApp rooms run by the founder. By signing in you agree to the rules below. They apply equally on the web dashboard, in any official WhatsApp group, and in one-to-one conversations that originated through the network.

The non-negotiables

A handful of rules trigger an immediate ban with no warning, no appeal window, and a permanent record on our internal ban-evasion list. They are short on purpose.

1. No fraud, no scams, no rug-pulls. Soliciting deposits, referral kickbacks you do not honour, fake affiliate deals, or any pattern that transfers money out of another member based on a misrepresentation.
2. No impersonation. Posing as someone you are not, falsifying your role, inventing a company, or using a stolen LinkedIn identity at signup.
3. No harassment, threats or hate speech. Including outside the network if it targets another member.
4. No illegal content. CSAM, doxxing of private individuals, content that breaks sanctions law in your jurisdiction or ours.

Anti-scam baseline

The reason this network exists is that the public iGaming forums, Telegram rooms and LinkedIn DMs are saturated with bad actors. Our baseline is stricter than what you might be used to elsewhere.

• Do not pitch deals to a member you have not exchanged at least one real conversation with. Cold pitches inside the WhatsApp groups count as spam.
• Do not request payment, deposits, gemstones, crypto, gift cards or any form of value transfer in your first interaction. If a deal requires money to move, move it through a written contract and a traceable payment rail.
• Do not vouch for a third party who is not a vetted member. If you introduce a non-member to another member, you take on the reputational risk.
• If something feels like a scam, screenshot it and email surya@igamingrealtalk.com before you reply. We would rather investigate ten false alarms than miss one real incident.

Other members' personal data

The directory shows you names, roles, companies, countries and WhatsApp numbers. That information is shared with you under a professional confidence, not a public licence.

• Do not scrape, export, or otherwise bulk-collect member data. Our terms allow us to detect and act on this.
• Do not add a member to a third-party WhatsApp group, Telegram room, mailing list or CRM without their explicit, in-conversation consent. The fact that you have their number does not mean you can use it for marketing.
• Do not share another member's WhatsApp number, email or LinkedIn with a non-member.
• Do not screenshot a member's profile or a private chat and post it outside the network.

Treat what happens here the way a working professional treats a client conversation. If you would not forward it from your work email, do not forward it from the network.

Confidentiality and NDAs

A lot of the value here is operators sharing what is actually working, what just blew up, and what is about to. Treat that as off the record by default.

• Anything posted in a WhatsApp group or sent to you one-to-one is confidential to the network unless the sender explicitly says otherwise.
• Do not publish member quotes on social, in newsletters, on podcasts, or in journalist conversations without written permission from the person being quoted.
• If a member shares figures, internal tools, vendor contracts or anything that looks proprietary, you are bound by an implicit NDA. Asking for it is fine. Leaking it is grounds for removal.

WhatsApp etiquette

The dashboard is the directory. The actual community lives in WhatsApp groups managed personally by the founder. A few rules keep those rooms usable.

• Use your real name on your WhatsApp profile. The number on the directory should match the number you message from.
• Keep one-line pings out of the main rooms. If you have a question, give context in a single message. If you have a deal, post the deal, not "DM me".
• No good-morning images, motivational quotes, crypto charts, or broadcast-style copy-paste content.
• No voice notes longer than 90 seconds in group chats.
• If a topic is heating up, take it to a one-to-one. If a topic is off-topic, take it to a one-to-one.

What gets you removed

The list below is not exhaustive. The founder has discretion on membership and may remove anyone whose behaviour damages the network, even if a specific rule is not named here.

• Any of the four non-negotiables in section 02.
• Repeated spam, mass DMs, or pitching unrelated members for the same deal.
• Sharing the dashboard, WhatsApp invites or member contact details with a non-member.
• Breaching another member's confidence, NDA, or trade secret.
• Patterns of disrespect, sustained off-topic noise, or repeatedly ignoring moderator requests.
• Submitting false information at signup, including a fake company, a recycled LinkedIn, or a WhatsApp number you do not control.

Enforcement ladder

We use the lightest tool that works. The four steps below are the standard ladder. The founder can skip steps for the non-negotiables in section 02 or for any conduct that puts other members at immediate risk.

1. Quiet word. A direct message from the founder explaining what was wrong and what we expect next time. No record visible to other members.
2. Formal warning. Logged against your account. A second warning inside any twelve-month window escalates automatically.
3. Suspension. Dashboard access is revoked, you are removed from active WhatsApp groups, and your profile is hidden from the directory. Suspensions last between seven and ninety days depending on the incident.
4. Permanent ban. Account deleted, profile removed, and your hashed WhatsApp number plus hashed LinkedIn URL are added to our internal ban-evasion record. This record is kept indefinitely so that a banned individual cannot re-apply under a new name.

Reporting and appeals

If a member breaks any of the rules above, we want to hear about it quickly and with evidence.

• For urgent abuse (active scam, harassment, doxxing) email surya@igamingrealtalk.com with screenshots and the member's name. Most reports get a first response within twelve hours.
• For non-urgent issues (spam, off-topic noise, etiquette breaches) use the in-dashboard "Report member" option on the offending profile.
• To appeal a suspension or ban, reply to the message that notified you. Keep it short and factual. The founder reviews appeals personally.