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Ban Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

Submitted on Thursday 14th July 2016

Published on Friday 22nd July 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Sunday 22nd January 2017

Signatures: 137

Petition Action

Ban Fixed Odds Betting Terminals

Petition Details

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

Additional Information

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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