Gambling Commission announces measures to make online casino games safer by design
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Gambling Commission has announced strict measures to make online casino games safer for consumers. The restrictions will come into force on 31 October 2021. Game designers, software developers and operators have nine months to prepare for these changes.
Gambling Commission announces measures to make online casino games safer by design. The revised RTS defines "slots" for the first time as "casino games of a reel-based type". There will be a restriction on auto play functionality and the ability to play multiple slots games at the same time.
Gambling Commission announces measures to make online casino games safer by design. The ability to play multiple slots games at the same time will be restricted. There must be a minimum of 2.5 seconds between the start of one game cycle and the next.
The Commission has concentrated its attention on the most high-risk gambling activity, which is online slots machines. New measures will give operators and game designers approximately nine months to modify games and websites to comply with the new technical standards by October 2021. The Government is reviewing the Gambling Act 2005. It is possible that slowing down gameplay will just lead to more time spent online. It's also possible problem gamblers will spend more of their time actively gambling.
Gambling Commission announces measures to make online casino games safer by design. All gaming sessions must display a customer's net financial position (winnings minus losses) since that gaming session started. The elapsed time of the gamingsession must be displayed in seconds, minutes and hours. Customers must not be given an option to cancel a withdrawal request.
