The UK Gambling Commission has recently been imposing many new regulations on all their licensed gambling site and app operators and land-based license holders regarding the operation of slot machines available at those sites, apps and venues.

You may have noticed for example, that when visiting a betting shop the FOBT’s or fixed odds betting terminals on which players can play all manner of different games of chance including slot machines, the stake levels that players can play FOBT slots for have been massively reduced.

Players could play the games on those gaming machines for some very high stakes previously, however they are now not going to be able to play for stake levels of more than £2 per spin.

The UKGC are now considering reducing the stake levels that online slot machine players can play slot machines for at any online and mobile casino sites and apps that hold a UKGC issued gambling license, to bring those sites and apps in line with land-based slot machines.

So, if you are an avid slot player be aware that you may soon discover you cannot play slot machines in the UK for a stake higher than £2 per spin when playing online or via a mobile casino app.

How to Play Online Slots for Much Higher Stake Levels

If you do enjoy playing slot machines online, and can afford to do so, and much prefer playing for some much higher stake levels, then you will still have plenty of ways to be able to do so, for there are going to be several casino sites offering you a maximum stake per spin limit of way higher than £2 per spin.

However, it will be at casino sites that are licensed and operated in countries other than the United Kingdom that you will need to track down and sign up to, to be able to play for any stake level you can afford.
As long as you pick and choose those casino sites that are licensed elsewhere carefully, then you are not going to experience any problems playing at those sites, but do make a point of only ever playing at casinos that hold a gambling license somewhere in the world, rather than take your chances playing at an unlicensed casino site.

Try and select a casino site licensed in other countries of the world at which to play at that has slot machines on offer from the better known slot game designers and providers, as that way you will be assured of playing slots that have been certified as being 100% fair and random.

Some Players Being Badgered to Sign Up to Gamstop

Any gambling related company is of course going to be very eager to court gamblers and will always pull out all the stops to ensure that they have a very steady stream of players signing up to their respective sites and apps.
One way that they can acquire lots of new customers is by offering them high valued sign up welcome bonuses and offer their customers plenty of going promotional offers and deals too, so that they continue to make use of their gambling related services.

However, some gambling site and app operators have been heavily fined by the UK gambling Commission in the past, for breaches of their code of conduct, and as such those that have been fined will not want to receive additional fines or get their licensed pulled or suspended, and have become overly zealous at spotting customers that have been displaying signs of having a gambling related problem.

One way that they can ensure their customers that do appear to be and are displaying signs of having a gambling problem is to badger them to sign up to the Gamstop database, which will see a person being self-excluded from all gambling related sites and apps that have signed up to their charter.

If you do make use of the service of Gamstop you are not going to be able to gamble online or via  a mobile device at any UK licensed gambling site or app, and as such it is not something you should do on the spur of the moment, unless of course you want to curtail all of your online and/or mobile gambling activities.

Gambling Sites Not Using Gamstop

There are of course plenty of gambling sites not using Gamstop, and they are going to be sites that UK based gamblers are going to be more than welcome to sign up to, but do spend some time comparing just what they have to offer you.

Ideally as someone that does live and reside in Great Britain, you will want to be able to make deposits, gamble and play in GBP, rather than see the value of your bankroll taking a hit with currency exchange rate fees and charges and fluctuations, but its safe to say there will be plenty of offshore based gambling sites that will tick all of the right boxes on your own personal checklist of wants and demands.