Rejected petition Remove FOBT from Bookmakers/Highstreets

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Remove or Reduce the FOBT from Betting shops.
The maximum bet is £100 per spin. If this was to be reduced/regulated between £1-2 per spin the money that individuals would lose in a session we be life changing. There is, whether or not the government want to recongnise a group of people (1 Million or more) with debts and money problems from these life destroyers. This number will grow and grow as long as these machines are in use.

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Date submitted 23 January 2014
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