Consultation response
Online games design and reverse withdrawals
Consultation response for online games design and reverse withdrawals and proposed changes to the design of online slots.
Contents
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Summary of responses
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- Introduction
- Defining online slots within the Remote Technical Standards
- Prohibiting multiple slot games
- Introducing speed of play limits
- Prohibiting player-led “spin stop” features
- Prohibiting auto-play functionality for online slots
- Prohibiting effects that give the illusion of “false wins”
- Display of net position and time spent
- Evaluation of changes to slots games
- Prohibition of reverse withdrawals for all remote operators
- Testing
- Annex 1 – Summary of changes to RTS
- Annex 2 - Consumer research into auto-play
- Annex 3 – List of consultation responses
Appendix A - Gambling activities
The following is a list of gambling activities asked about in the survey to determine gambler status in each wave of tracking:
- tickets for Lottery Draws (for example, Lotto, EuroMillions, People’s Postcode Lottery)
- scratchcards (National Lottery, or charity scratchcards)
- instant Win Games online (including National Lottery)
- fruit, slot, or virtual gaming machines (at a bookmakers, casino, bingo hall, arcade, pub or social club)
- online fruit or slot machine style games
- roulette, card or dice games or Poker in a casino
- roulette, card or dice games or Poker online
- bingo in person
- bingo online
- betting on football in person (including pre-match and in-play)
- betting on football online (including pre-match and in-play)
- betting on other sports and races online (tennis, horses, dogs, virtual, esports)
- betting on other sports and races in person (tennis, horses, dogs, virtual, esports)
- betting on events in person (political, topical, entertainment)
- betting on events online (political, topical, entertainment)
- another form of gambling activity.
Last updated: 27 February 2024
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