Compliance Testing
The United Kingdom Gambling Commission require operators to have their gaming machines, server-based gaming systems and online gaming sites to be tested by approved test houses in accordance with the Commission's technical standards.
The Centre for Advanced Software Testing (CAST) is the first test house to have been granted full approval by the Commission to test all categories of gaming machines (including FOBT and VAWP machines), server-based gaming systems and online gaming sites, and we continue to lead the way in tracking the emerging standards.
We are accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 which involves regular inspections of our quality systems, operating procedures, test methods and technical competence by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS). Our accreditation certificate is published by UKAS here.
We have a number of unique selling points including close ties in the UK gaming industry, competitive pricing, a world-leading data visualization facility, and access to experts in consumer psychology, statistics and the economics of gambling at our partner organisation, Bangor University. We are conveniently located with excellent connections by road, rail and air to London, Wales, the Midlands, North West England and Dublin.
The following list outlines the range of services we offer. For a no-obligation consultation, please email us or phone +44 (0)1248 675100 and ask for the Compliance Testing Laboratory (CTL).
- Gambling Commission approved compliance testing accredited to ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for the following categories:
- Server Networked and Downloadable
- A and B1
- B2
- B3 and B4
- B3A
- C and Complex D
- Cashless Payments
- Linked Progressives
- Wireless Network
- Remote Gambling and Software
- Bingo and Casino Equipment
- Supplement 1 (April 2008) for A and B1, B2, B3 and B4, B3A, C and D
- On-site testing
- Pre-compliance consultancy and testing, including:
- Simulation / modelling of games under development
- Other assurance Testing, including:
- Bespoke stakeholder / customer assurance
- Pre-compliance testing for other territories
- Statistical testing and returns analysis
- Game addictivity analysis
- Data analysis and data mining
- Automated data transformation
- Data visualization
- Performance Testing of FOBT and VAWP gaming machines, including analysis of:
- Software, hardware, peripherals, middleware and comms
We are happy to receive visitors to our premises by prior arrangement. We are located at the Welsh Assembly's flagship Technium CAST facility in Parc Menai business park outside Bangor.
