Stakelogic Charged £122,000 by Gambling Commission for Slot Breaches

Stakelogic has been fined £122,835 by British regulator the Gambling Commission for running slot games too quickly for players across a four-year period.

The supplier reported to the Commission its Tiger Temple 88 game was found to have operated with 1.97 seconds between spins, which breached the legal minimum gap of 2.5 seconds. Following an investigation from the Commission, Stakelogic retested its entire portfolio of games it supplies in Great Britain, which revealed a further 15 games were in breach of the minimum time gap.

Those games were found to be between 0.001 seconds and 0.675 seconds below the 2.5 second threshold, with a majority found to have operated at 0.042 seconds too fast or below the cycle requirements set out in the Commission’s remote technical standards.

The breaches on Tiger Temple were made between May 28-30, 2025, and the other 15 games were in breach during various periods between October 31, 2021 and October 30, 2025.

Reliance on a stopwatch

The Commission’s investigation revealed the errors were caused as a result of Stakelogic measuring timeframes inaccurately. Stakelogic was reliant on using a manual stopwatch to test compliance. The total of the fine was agreed between Stakelogic and the Commission as part of a regulatory settlement.

John Pierce, Director of Enforcement and Intelligence at the Commission, said:

“With all the technological resources available to an online gambling business, it is unacceptable that Stakelogic were relying on a manual stopwatch to measure the speed of their games.

“After reporting this error to the Commission, Stakelogic immediately self-suspended the use of the affected games until the error had been rectified. They have subsequently taken significant steps to assure the Commission that they now have robust policies and procedures in place to prevent future breaches from occurring.

“We would urge all operators to take careful note of this case and ensure they have effective testing practices in place to ensure they are meeting all the standards we require.”

A number of new measures

The minimum online slot speeds were introduced in 2021 as one of a number of measures brought in to strengthen player protections. These included a permanent ban on features that speed up play or celebrate losses as wins.

Autoplay, which could lead to players losing track of their play, was also banned, as well as sounds or imagery which give the illusion of a win when the return is in fact equal to or below the stake.

The changes also dictated that operators must clearly display to the player their total losses or wins and time played during any online slots session. The enhanced protections outlined by the Commission needed to be fully implemented by October 31, 2021, which is when Stakelogic first officially committed a breach.

Online slot measures were also included in the government’s 2023 Gambling White Paper. On April 9, 2025, a £5 limit on online slot stakes for all adults in the UK went live, following recommendations made within the White Paper. On May 21, 2025, a £2 limit for adults aged between 18 and 24 went live.

When a player over 25 bets on an online slot game, further staking opportunities could be offered within the same game cycle up to the value of £3.

Despite these measures, online slot gross gaming yield still increased 12% year-on-year for Q4 of the 2025/26 financial year to £773 million, with the number of spins rising 7% to 25.1 billion.