Petition Ban Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

Following the Gambling Act of 2005, Fixed Odds Betting Terminals are a feature in bookmakers' shops on our high streets.
Government should give Councils powers to ban them from the high street

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FOBTs are called the "crack cocaine" of gambling.
Users can lose hundreds of pounds in only a few minutes and can turn violent when this happens.
FOBTs destroy lives and families.
Government should act to ban them from our high streets.

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Date closed 22 January 2017
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