Break for all customers playing for more than 30 minutes
UK bookmakers to announce FOBTs new measures
2014-11-03
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(UK).- Today, Britain Bookmakers will announce new reforms regarding Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) to stave off actual government action against FOBTs. The changes, which bookmakers promise to introduce January 30, 2015, will mean a mandatory break for anyone playing over the set limit of 30 minutes before they can place another bet on the FOBT.
So the annual US$ 3.68 billion revenue industry of all bookmaking retail outlets will announce that they will enforce a break for all customers playing for more than 30 minutes or a cash total spending of US$ 400), as a cooling off period before letting them play again.
The protections are being rolled out in response to a public and political outcry over Fixed-odds Betting Terminals (FoBTs) this year. The machines have come under heavy fire from the Labor Party in particular, prompting concerns in the betting industry that it could become a political football in the run up to the General Election.
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