Ontario Fines Booming Games $50.4K Over Auto-Play Feature

Ontario's gambling regulator AGCO fined provider Booming Games approximately $50,400 for offering a prohibited auto-play feature in several unnamed slot games accessible to players in the province. According to AGCO, the provider failed to properly configure, test, and monitor a number of its games both before and after their launch in the Ontario market.

AGCO explained that Ontario's regulated market rules prohibit auto-play functionality in slot games because manually initiating each spin creates a pause between bets that helps players maintain control over their gambling activity. The regulator identified the violation through proactive compliance checks and subsequently notified an unnamed iGaming operator offering the affected titles, after which the auto-play feature was disabled in the slots in question.

The penalty reflects AGCO's continued enforcement of player protection standards within Ontario's regulated online gambling market, where responsible gambling features such as manual bet initiation are treated as core compliance requirements rather than optional design choices. The action against Booming Games signals that regulators are extending scrutiny beyond operators to individual game providers, holding suppliers directly accountable for ensuring their content meets provincial player protection standards prior to and following market launch.