LONDON – The UK Gambling Commission has fined online games developer Stakelogic £122,835 (about $163,000) after determining that several of its slot titles, including Tiger Temple 88, operated at speeds faster than permitted under British gambling regulations.
The regulator said Tiger Temple 88 recorded a spin interval of 1.97 seconds, below the required 2.5‑second minimum for online slot games. Investigators found additional Stakelogic titles running between 0.001 and 0.675 seconds faster than allowed, with many exceeding the limit by at least 0.042 seconds.
According to the Commission, Tiger Temple 88 breached the rules between May 28 and May 30 last year. Other affected games were found to be non‑compliant at various points between October 2021 and October 2025.
John Pierce, the Commission’s director of enforcement and intelligence, said Stakelogic suspended all affected titles immediately after identifying and reporting the issue. The company has since implemented new controls to demonstrate compliance with responsible product‑design standards.
The regulator said the violations stemmed from inaccurate time measurements, noting that Stakelogic relied on a manual stopwatch to verify spin speeds. The Commission concluded that the developer’s internal testing processes and incident‑management procedures did not meet licensing requirements.
Stakelogic accepted the findings and agreed to pay the penalty as an alternative to a formal financial sanction. The company also disabled all affected games in the UK once the issue was discovered.
The Commission has increasingly turned to artificial intelligence tools to strengthen compliance and detect money‑laundering risks, though Pierce said earlier this month that some of those systems have not yet delivered the expected results.
