Video Poker 24/7 - Video Poker and Roulette Killing the UK

Video Poker 247 - Video Poker and Roulette Killing the UK

Video poker, roulette and slot machines are responsible for the amount of money that gamblers have lost online this year, and the UK government is seriously concerned about it. According to a recent survey, the amount of money that British Gamblers are going to lose will be more than £10bn annually by next year.

It will increase over this year’s losses by more than 50% which is the largest increase since 1960. Between the online video poker games, casino sites, and now video roulette, there has been an “unwinding of regulatory constraints” that is showing up in the wallet of the average bettor.

With video roulette now being offered in betting shops, it is only going to increase the number of gambling addicts, and has been called the "crack cocaine of gambling". Recent reports show that £650m a year is being taken in from gamblers, and it went on to say that one in nine players is addicted. That is higher than the other forms of gambling.

Initially there was talk of banning the terminals, but that has not happened and now with the legalizing of betting shops through the Gambling Act, it is expected to only get worse. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport says that they are monitoring them closely and that they are still on probation, but for many addicts that will not mean a whole lot in the long run.

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