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04 January 2005
Lobbying Continues Over Unlimited
Slots
UK
casino operators have not yet lost hope of operating
Category A machines and large casinos are continuing to
lobby government.
Rank Gaming chief David
Boden believes that the current proposals, which only allow
the unlimited stake and prize machines in new regional
casinos, discriminate against the existing UK industry and
place them at a major disadvantage.
Speaking at a recent
industry conference, Boden said: "15 per cent of the
machines in small and large casinos could be earmarked as
category As. If the 15 per cent value was applied, the
current number of Category A machines would be around 600
across the country-less than half the number we will be able
to find in one regional casino."
Michael Riddy, managing
director of Stanley Leisure gaming division, was also
speaking at the conference and expressed concern at the
implications for the government's new regional casino pilot
schemes. He said: "Will people be willing to spend
£100-£200m developing one of these eight pilot
casinos if they are going to be taken away in a number of
years?"
Despite this question,
Riddy said that his firm was still keen to be involved but
was concerned about how the locations for the eight schemes
will be decided.
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