East Lancashire Punters Spent More Than £270m on Gambling Machines in 2012

Published January 14, 2013

East Lancashire punters spent more than £270m on gambling machines in 2012
And it has led to accus-ations that the terminals are the 'crack cocaine of gambling'. In Blackburn alone, £76million was gambled on 73 machines in 20 betting … The figures were put together by the Campaign for Fairer Gambling, a non-profit … Read more on Lancashire Telegraph

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