Plans to allow the of slot in small have come into. fear that the’s to B1 slot for will lead to of new being, more to the risk of harms.
B1 slot allow to bet a stake of £5 every 2.5, of up to £10,000. told The Times that on some she for 15 hours on slots, of.
She that the are “”,: “It’s the and the. They make you feel like any time you press that you’re going to win and just keeps you on the.”
She added: “It’s this law has in and there will be more slot in. It’s very and makes it much less safe for and the, it will lives and.”
Derek Webb, of the for, said: “ is the which show how slot are. There are more than 200,000 slot in UK.” MP Dawn is on the to to halt the rapid of shops on’s high.
Under what is known as “aim to” in the Act 2005, local are not to for new.
But the MP the of harm on as a “”, and for an end to laws that allow to prey on and. by The found that slot shops, with a third of them open in the ten per cent of and over half found in the 20 per cent.
In May, the House of’ and Care of the “ harm” can cause “,,, and in some cases as a cause of”.
In a to the of and Care, the’s Layla Moran MP urged the to the Act 2005 in light of the’s on harms.
Moran said the the heard “ how and has in”, and it was “ to hear” that the is the levy and “not”. 2.5 per cent of the adult ( 1.3) in the level of harm, while a 3.5 per cent are to be ‘at risk’ of harm.