MrQ and the Razor Shark Slot: A Transparency Review
In short — our verdict: 9.1/10 — MrQ is the most informative of the five British licensees carrying Razor Shark: it prints a 96.70% return, a 50,000x ceiling, a 10p to £1 grid and High volatility. It offers no demo, and its own terms cite a superseded licence number.
Of the five British operators we checked for this game, MrQ is the only one that publishes a return, a ceiling, a bet grid and a volatility label on the same page. It is also the one whose catalogue still carries stake figures Britain no longer allows.
9.1/ 10 transparency
- Licence & trust10.0
- Game transparency8.0
- Money & access9.4
What this measures: how much this operator publishes and how much of it we could verify against its own pages and the licence register — not how good the casino is. A criterion the operator does not publish scores five, not zero. the full test method lists every criterion and its weight.
- Publishes all four key figures for this game on one page: 96.70% return, 50,000x ceiling, a 10p to £1 grid and High volatility.
- Caps the stake at £1 a spin, five times below the £5 British limit, so the restriction is stricter than the law requires.
- States that winnings carry no wagering requirement, in the operator's own words: "No hoops. No wagering on winnings".
- Answers the wagering question by publishing 214 excluded games, and Razor Shark is not among them.
- Brand and licensee match one to one, with a single trading name and a single domain on account 60629, so nothing here is a shared source.
Table of contents
- Licence Facts as the Register Prints Them
- What MrQ Publishes Beside This Offer
- What MrQ Prints for This Game
- What MrQ States Against What the Studio States
- Where the Licence Number Slips
- A Bet Grid Well Under the Cap
- No Demo, and It Is Catalogue-Wide
- The Wild MrQ Got Right
- Wagering by Exclusion, Not Percent
- Who Should Look Elsewhere
- Key Terms Used on This Page
- What Else Do Readers Ask
Licence Facts as the Register Prints Them
| Field | What the Gambling Commission register shows |
|---|---|
| Account number | 60629 |
| Licensee | Tek Fox Ltd (the Malta company number C96152 comes from the operator’s own terms, not from this register) |
| Licence number | 060629-R-337532-005 against both activities |
| Activities | Bingo Remote and Casino Remote, both Active from |
| Trading names | 1 ("mr q"), domains 1 ("www.mrq.com"), premises 0 |
| Regulatory actions | none — "No regulatory actions have been recorded for this business" |
Figures current as of ; the operator's live terms prevail.
What MrQ Publishes Beside This Offer
| Condition | Detail |
|---|---|
| Wagering on winnings: | none, in the operator's words "No hoops. No wagering on winnings" |
| Minimum first deposit: | £10 |
| Free spin value: | 10p a spin, with a maximum stake per free spin of 10p |
| Validity: | 48 hours, after which remaining spins are removed |
| Eligible game: | Big Bass Splash, so Razor Shark is not part of this offer |
| Excluded customers: | anyone based in Northern Ireland |
| Terms applicable from: | |
| Minimum withdrawal: | £10.00, with no fee charged for processing |
What MrQ Prints for This Game
MrQ publishes four numbers for Razor Shark where most of its rivals publish none, and that alone makes it the fullest British witness we found. Its attributes block reads "RTP: 96.70%", "Min/Max Bet: 10p/£1" and High volatility. Its FAQ markup then answers the ceiling question twice over. First: "The maximum win on Razor Shark is 50,000x your total bet". Then again: "Razor Shark does not contain a jackpot but has a razor sharp grand prize of 50,000x your total bet". Push Gaming publishes no ceiling for this title at all, so the figure belongs to the operator rather than to the game.
One small wrinkle sits on the same page. The return appears in two spellings, 96.70% fourteen times and 96.7% sixteen times, which is a typographical slip rather than a disagreement.
The studio's lower published setting, 94.06%, appears nowhere on MrQ. Neither does any of the other builds the game's code carries, and a reader has no way to tell from the lobby which one a session will run.
What MrQ States Against What the Studio States
| Figure | MrQ prints | Push Gaming prints |
|---|---|---|
| Return to player | 96.70% | 96.70% and 94.06%, two values in a field labelled in the plural |
| Win ceiling | 50,000x the total bet | nothing at all for this title |
| Bet grid | 10p to £1 | twelve total-bet steps from 0.10 to 100.00 in the studio's own demo |
| Volatility | High | High, the same word it gives 24 of its 40 live games |
| Jackpot | none | no jackpot field on the product page |
Where the Licence Number Slips
The register and the operator's own terms disagree about one character, and it is worth knowing which to trust. The Gambling Commission lists account 60629 under Tek Fox Ltd with licence number 060629-R-337532-005 against both activities, Bingo Remote and Casino Remote, each Active from . The General Terms on the site still cite 060629-R-337532-003.
Same licence, older revision.
Cite the register.
A Bet Grid Well Under the Cap
Here's the part that surprised us. MrQ caps this game at £1 a spin. That sits five times below Britain's £5 limit per game cycle, so the restriction is the operator's own rather than the regulator's. That is a genuinely protective choice and we'd rank it above the looser grids elsewhere.
The catalogue tells a messier story, though. Across a 40-page sample pulled logged out, 38 pages carried a readable grid. Fifteen of those 38 print a maximum above £5, reaching £250 on one title. Exactly 15 others stop correctly at £5.00. So the operator both knows the cap and carries legacy figures it hasn't cleared out. That split is why we quote its 96.70% with the printer's name attached: a page carrying stale data in one column is a weaker witness in every other column.
No Demo, and It Is Catalogue-Wide
Razor Shark cannot be tried for free at MrQ, and the measurement says this is policy rather than an accident of one game. On the Razor Shark page the button reads "Play slot" six times and leads to the login flow; "demo", "free play", "play for free" and "try the game" each appear zero times. Across the same 40-page sample, those phrases appear in 0 of 40 pages, while an RTP figure appears in 40 of 40.
Under LCCP 3.2.11 a British licensee has to verify a customer's age before giving access to free-to-play games, so some gate is expected. Shutting the door entirely is still the operator's own call.
The Wild MrQ Got Right
This is the one place where the operator beat the manufacturer, and it deserves saying plainly. MrQ states three times that Razor Shark has a wild symbol. Push Gaming's product page never uses the word, and three other British licensees don't mention it either, so for a while the operator looked like the odd one out.
Opening the game settled it. The client's own paytable reads "The Wild Symbol substitutes for all other symbols, except the Scatter symbol". The shark in the red life ring pays 25.00 for five at a 0.50 total bet, or 50 times the stake. MrQ's own line, "Wild — 5: £50" at a £1 bet, lands on exactly the same multiple. The operator was accurate and the studio's marketing page was simply silent.
Wagering by Exclusion, Not Percent
No British licensee we read publishes a wagering contribution for this game as a percentage. MrQ answers it the other way round, by publishing what does not count. Its /excluded-wagering page carries 214 named games under a flat statement: "The following games are excluded from contributing to any spending or wagering requirements for all MrQ.com promotions". Razor Shark is not on that list, and neither is any other Push Gaming title.
Read as the operator wrote it, that means the game contributes in full.
It's an answer by subtraction, and it is still the clearest of the five.
The welcome offer itself has nothing to do with this game.
The first-deposit spins are tied to Big Bass Splash, and two other live promotions name Squealin' Riches and Drops & Wins instead.
Who Should Look Elsewhere
We do not recommend MrQ to anyone whose main reason for visiting is a free spin of this game, because there isn't one and no amount of searching the catalogue will produce it. A reader who wants to see the reels first should use Push Gaming's own public demo, then come back.
For a reader who wants the figures printed before they deposit, though, this is the strongest of the five British pages we read. The licence checks out in the register, the ceiling and the return are both on the page, and the £1 ceiling on stakes is a real protection rather than a marketing line.
Key Terms Used on This Page
- Account number
- The operator's identifier in the Gambling Commission register; MrQ sits on 60629, held by Tek Fox Ltd.
- Licence revision suffix
- The last three digits of a licence number; the register prints -005 where MrQ's own terms still print -003.
- Stake cap per game cycle
- Britain's £5 limit for players aged 25 and over, £2 below that age; MrQ sets its own ceiling at £1 here.
- Wagering exclusion list
- A published set of games that do not count towards a promotion; MrQ's names 214 titles and omits this one.
- Total bet
- The whole amount staked on a spin across all 20 lines, which is how both MrQ and the game client express every figure.
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What Else Do Readers Ask?
Readers ask us whether MrQ's numbers for this game can be trusted and whether the game can be tried first. Every answer below comes from the operator's own pages or from the Gambling Commission register, both read on .
Does MrQ publish an RTP for Razor Shark?
Yes, 96.70% in its attributes block, printed again as 96.7% in its FAQ markup. Push Gaming's lower 94.06% setting appears nowhere on the site.
Can you play Razor Shark free at MrQ?
No, the operator offers no demo for this game or any other. A 40-page sample of its catalogue contained no demo wording at all.
What is the maximum stake on Razor Shark at MrQ?
£1 a spin, printed as "Min/Max Bet: 10p/£1". That ceiling is the operator's own and sits five times below Britain's £5 limit.
Does Razor Shark count towards wagering at MrQ?
Yes, by exclusion. The operator's list of 214 non-contributing games omits Razor Shark and every other Push Gaming title.
Is Razor Shark part of the MrQ welcome offer?
No, the first-deposit spins run on Big Bass Splash. Other current promotions name Squealin' Riches and Drops & Wins instead.
Has MrQ been sanctioned by the regulator?
No, the register's actions tab for account 60629 reads "No regulatory actions have been recorded for this business".
Which licence number is correct for MrQ?
The register's 060629-R-337532-005. The operator's own General Terms still cite 060629-R-337532-003, an older revision of the same licence.
How did we check these figures?
We pulled the operator's pages logged out with curl on , sampled 40 catalogue pages for demo and stake wording, and read account 60629 in the register.