I spent part of last week timing how fast I could lose money. For science.
Here’s what’s going on: Some regulators of online casinos around the world have gotten fixated on one very specific number: 2.5 seconds. That’s how long they think should pass between slot spins.
The United Kingdom got there first. Back in 2021, the U.K. Gambling Commission banned spins faster than 2.5 seconds, pulled the plug on autoplay, and killed the turbo buttons that let you spin those reels like a banshee.
Canada followed, as Ontario wrote the same 2.5-second rule into its standards in 2022. This month, Alberta copied it when its market went live: 2.5 seconds between spins, no autoplay, tap the button every single time.
