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How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget

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“How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget”

John Healey has hit adult gaming centres with 25% tax. Undercover footage shows how they lure customers The last of five £20 notes disappears into the slot machine as The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony plays over the shop’s sound system. That’s it, £100 gone in the space of about five minutes, swallowed up by one of the many “slot farms” that dominate the shopping streets of Peterborough. Continue reading...

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