Petition Ban Roulette machines in bookmakers

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I want to put a ban on roulette machines in bookmakers over 10 years ago before they were introduced you could go into a bookies have a casual bet on the horses,football etc.now these machines are there they are like a drug and once you get sucked in it can have the same devastating effects i know people who have lost relationships because they put their wages every week into them and they cant stop ive seen people put hundreds of pounds in them and lose it in 10 mins if these machines where scrapped i know it would help towards helping the gambling problems in this country its like any drug and addiction it starts off small using the machines in bookies then leads to online gambling in the confort of ur own home you become trapped and surrounded by it we need to cut the root of the problem

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Date closed 15 November 2014
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