Stakelogic has been ordered to pay £122,835 following a Gambling Commission investigation into the speed of its online slot games available in Britain.
UK-licensed companies are required to maintain a minimum gap of 2.5 seconds between spins on all online slot games offered to British players.
The Commission first became aware of the issue when Stakelogic’s ‘Tiger Temple 88’ game was found to have a spin cycle of just 1.97 seconds, falling well short of the required standard.
Regulators then undertook a broader investigation, re-testing Stakelogic’s entire games portfolio to determine whether the problem extended beyond a single title.
That deeper review uncovered an additional 15 games available in the UK that also failed to meet the minimum 2.5-second spin gap requirement.
The shortfalls ranged from as little as 0.001 seconds to as much as 0.675 seconds below the required threshold, with many games operating at 0.042 seconds or below the cycle requirements.
Tiger Temple 88 was found to be non-compliant between 28 and 30 May 2025, while the other affected games breached regulations during various periods between 31 October 2021 and 30 October 2025.
The Commission determined that the root cause of the failures was Stakelogic’s reliance on a manual stopwatch to test compliance with remote technical standards, leading to inaccurate timeframe measurements.
Internal processes, quality assurance testing, and incident management procedures were all found to fall short of licence requirements, prompting the regulator to act against the developer.
Stakelogic accepted the Commission’s findings, disabled all affected games once the issue was flagged, and agreed to pay the £122,835 sum in lieu of a formal financial penalty.
John Pierce, director of enforcement and intelligence for the Commission, described the use of a manual stopwatch as “unacceptable” given the technological resources available to online gambling businesses today.
“After reporting this error to the Commission, Stakelogic immediately self-suspended the use of the affected games until the error had been rectified,” Pierce said.
“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.”
Pierce concluded by urging all operators to review their own testing practices and ensure they are fully meeting the standards required by the regulator.
