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join the BBC's news teams where you are. | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
That's all from the BBC News at Six so | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
Good evening and welcome to BBC Look North. The headlines tonight ` MPs | :00:00. | :00:12. | |
debate whether high`stakes gambling machines should be banned from | :00:13. | :00:17. | |
betting shops. In some ways, what seems to have | :00:18. | :00:22. | |
happened is the most risky type of gambling has become most prevalent. | :00:23. | :00:25. | |
Tributes are paid to two girls critically ill after being hit by a | :00:26. | :00:28. | |
minibus on their way home from school. | :00:29. | :00:30. | |
Up in smoke ` campaigners admit defeat over their plans to reopen an | :00:31. | :00:35. | |
historic railway line. And could a name change for Goole | :00:36. | :00:39. | |
mean more people want to come and visit? | :00:40. | :00:47. | |
And a wet nights developing across most of the region. The latest | :00:48. | :00:48. | |
coming up shortly. Good evening. | :00:49. | :01:00. | |
They generate more than ?1 billion a year for the gambling industry but | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
tonight there are calls for tougher rules on a type of betting machine. | :01:05. | :01:07. | |
Scunthorpe MP Nic Dakin is taking part in a debate in parliament to | :01:08. | :01:11. | |
restrict the number of fixed odds machines that allow people to bet up | :01:12. | :01:18. | |
to ?300 a minute. The government says they will look at changing the | :01:19. | :01:28. | |
rules. Sarah Corker has this report. Described as high`speed gambling, | :01:29. | :01:32. | |
these fixed odds games are driving profits and betting `` in betting | :01:33. | :01:36. | |
shops. Place your bets on those numbers. At this bookmakers, these | :01:37. | :01:44. | |
machines are popular. Players can bet ?100 at every spin of the wheel. | :01:45. | :01:51. | |
If you want a quick gamble, play the machine, if you want a longer | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
gamble, horse racing. But some people do get addicted? You can get | :01:56. | :02:02. | |
addicted to anything. Labour have described them as toxic and they | :02:03. | :02:07. | |
wanted to be banned altogether and councils should have greater powers | :02:08. | :02:11. | |
to restrict the number bookmakers in their areas. This is a high`risk | :02:12. | :02:17. | |
machine which is multiplying on our high streets. In some ways, what | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
seems to have happened is that the most recent `` the most risky type | :02:23. | :02:28. | |
of gambling has most prevalent. Councils have powers to tackle the | :02:29. | :02:32. | |
is you and they should make use of it. I am not arguing that that is | :02:33. | :02:36. | |
job done, but we have a review under way. There are over 33,000 fixed | :02:37. | :02:44. | |
odds betting terminals in the UK, making ?1.5 billion for the big | :02:45. | :02:48. | |
bookmakers. That is up to half of their annual profits. You can go | :02:49. | :02:54. | |
back each day and think he will win, but you lose more and suddenly you | :02:55. | :02:59. | |
have nothing. Some people have hardly anything and they Ban it in, | :03:00. | :03:04. | |
hoping they can win something. Should they be banned? No, I don't | :03:05. | :03:11. | |
think so. Bookmakers are limited to four machines are shot. Critics say | :03:12. | :03:16. | |
that they can get round that by opening more branches. They can | :03:17. | :03:19. | |
create clusters of betting shops on the high Street. If they were to be | :03:20. | :03:27. | |
done away with totally, there would be a reduction of 25% of betting | :03:28. | :03:32. | |
shops. It would put some shops out of business? Yes. | :03:33. | :03:38. | |
Earlier, I spoke to Ciaran O'Brien from bookmakers Ladbrokes. I asked | :03:39. | :03:41. | |
him how successful these machines had been. | :03:42. | :03:47. | |
They are very popular with customers and they account for bookmakers `` | :03:48. | :03:55. | |
half of bookmakers' revenue. There are 30,000 of these machines. Are | :03:56. | :03:59. | |
they telling people from poor areas into gamblers on the chance of | :04:00. | :04:06. | |
getting a win for? No, most customers spend what they can | :04:07. | :04:12. | |
afford. Gambling is in decline, according to the National Health | :04:13. | :04:17. | |
Service out before Christmas. But a player can spend ?100 every 20 | :04:18. | :04:22. | |
seconds and each machine makes you 825 thousand pounds a week profit. | :04:23. | :04:31. | |
`` ?825 a week. I think that shows you that the return for the player | :04:32. | :04:36. | |
is very high. You need to look at this sensibly. Most players spend | :04:37. | :04:41. | |
about eight to ?10 every 15 minutes. We need to target the problem | :04:42. | :04:46. | |
gambler, not a particular order. Some people say there are too many | :04:47. | :04:53. | |
betting shops in deprived areas. There was limiting numbers and we | :04:54. | :04:58. | |
would be willing to have a dialogue on planning. That is probably a | :04:59. | :05:06. | |
sensible approach. Our bookmakers ruining the high`street? No, not at | :05:07. | :05:14. | |
all. We are about 3% of retail, which is not overwhelming. But what | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
has happened in a few areas is that there is competition because of this | :05:21. | :05:25. | |
lift on supply. We are willing to have a dialogue on planning. Thank | :05:26. | :05:29. | |
you. We want to hear from you on this | :05:30. | :05:33. | |
story. Should there be more controls against these types of machines? Is | :05:34. | :05:36. | |
it too easy to gamble now or should it be left to personal choice? Maybe | :05:37. | :05:43. | |
you play the machines? Maybe you got addicted? Do you think the betting | :05:44. | :05:45. | |
shops are ruining the high`street? In a moment, we'll be live in North | :05:46. | :06:04. | |
Norfolk at the scene of the helicopter crash that killed four | :06:05. | :06:09. | |
people last night. Two 11`year`old girls remain in a | :06:10. | :06:12. | |
critical condition tonight, after being hit by a minibus near Bourne | :06:13. | :06:18. | |
while on their way home from school. The incident happened on the A15 at | :06:19. | :06:21. | |
Thurlby just before four o'clock yesterday afternoon. Both girls are | :06:22. | :06:28. | |
pupils at the Bourne Academy. The head teacher has told Look North | :06:29. | :06:31. | |
it's the worst possible start to the New Year. Gemma Dawson reports. | :06:32. | :06:46. | |
Last night this road was closed for more than four hours. Police | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
carrying out investigation work here after two schoolgirls were hit by a | :06:52. | :06:54. | |
minibus after getting off their school bus. Today, residents told me | :06:55. | :07:01. | |
of their shock. The neighbours told me that they have young children, | :07:02. | :07:06. | |
they were crying. I heard sirens going and I said to my husband, I | :07:07. | :07:10. | |
hope it is not those two little girls that always waved to me. My | :07:11. | :07:17. | |
daughter was on the same bus as the two girls who had the accident but | :07:18. | :07:20. | |
she didn't see anything because she was on the opposite side of the bus. | :07:21. | :07:25. | |
The two girls had just got off the bus and were heading home from | :07:26. | :07:29. | |
school. It was their first day back after Christmas. Both are pupils at | :07:30. | :07:34. | |
the Bourne Academy, which is two miles from here. At the school | :07:35. | :07:37. | |
today, pupils have been offered support and counselling. This is the | :07:38. | :07:44. | |
worst possible start to 2014. To have a tragic accident like this, we | :07:45. | :07:50. | |
are devastated. The chairman of the local parish council told me they | :07:51. | :07:54. | |
have been campaigning for a crossing here. He says that the whole village | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
is devastated. People are concerned that this could happen to two young | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
girls, 11 years old, first year at secondary school. Tonight, people | :08:07. | :08:14. | |
here thinking about the two girls who remain in a critical but stable | :08:15. | :08:19. | |
condition. The emergency services are on the | :08:20. | :08:23. | |
scene of a crash on the A15 at Thurlby near Bourne 24 hours after | :08:24. | :08:26. | |
the two girls were seriously injured in the same area. Four cars have | :08:27. | :08:32. | |
collided. It's not thought there are any serious injuries. | :08:33. | :08:37. | |
Police say they're becoming increasingly concerned for the | :08:38. | :08:40. | |
safety of a Lincoln man who went missing from a hospital last month. | :08:41. | :08:44. | |
Ryan Morgan's family haven't seen the 28`year`old since he left the | :08:45. | :08:47. | |
Peter Hodgkinson Centre at Lincoln County Hospital on 27th December. | :08:48. | :08:53. | |
His mother says they're extremely worried. Please get in touch with | :08:54. | :09:03. | |
us. We are extremely worried. We love you. We are not upset, just | :09:04. | :09:09. | |
very, very worried for you. It is not the same without you, we cannot | :09:10. | :09:13. | |
go on without you. Let us know that you are well. | :09:14. | :09:16. | |
A Lincoln hospital worker has been cautioned by a NHS tribunal after | :09:17. | :09:18. | |
posting offensive comments about patients and colleagues on a social | :09:19. | :09:22. | |
networking site. Paul Nam worked in the operating theatres and was | :09:23. | :09:25. | |
suspended in 2012 when his online remarks came to light. The caution | :09:26. | :09:31. | |
will stay on his employment record for three years. | :09:32. | :09:35. | |
It has been confirmed that improvements to the A63 in Hull will | :09:36. | :09:39. | |
not be completed in time for the City of Culture celebrations in | :09:40. | :09:44. | |
2017. The MP for West Hull and Hessle, Alan Johnson, says he has | :09:45. | :09:47. | |
received a letter from the Transport Secretary saying the upgrade will | :09:48. | :09:54. | |
not start until late 2016. A 400`metre cordon remains in place | :09:55. | :09:58. | |
at the site of a helicopter crash in North Norfolk. Four American airmen | :09:59. | :10:01. | |
were killed when the aircraft came down near Cley Next The Sea last | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
night. The Pave Hawk helicopter had been taking part in a low flying | :10:07. | :10:11. | |
exercise. Investigations are continuing in to what happened. Our | :10:12. | :10:15. | |
reporter Alex Dunlop is in Salthouse near the scene for us tonight. | :10:16. | :10:25. | |
Whatever the police been saying about the investigation? They are | :10:26. | :10:30. | |
saying it is very much in their hands. Then they will hand over to | :10:31. | :10:35. | |
the American air force crash investigators. The police cordon is | :10:36. | :10:40. | |
still in place. About half a mile that way is where the accident site | :10:41. | :10:45. | |
is. Police have been there all day. The bodies of the four servicemen | :10:46. | :10:50. | |
are still in the body of that wreckage 24`hour zone. For those who | :10:51. | :10:58. | |
are investigating the crash, who may well know these men, it must be a | :10:59. | :11:05. | |
harrowing process. A few hours ago, we were given the latest. There are | :11:06. | :11:11. | |
technical people here, both from the US and the UK military. In addition | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
to that, or we have people who deal with crash sites from both the RAF | :11:18. | :11:21. | |
and the US who will be able to assist in the recovery of the | :11:22. | :11:28. | |
bodies. The Norfolk coroner has been here this morning. She has now given | :11:29. | :11:33. | |
permission for these four bodies to be removed from the side. Astor when | :11:34. | :11:38. | |
that happens, it is down to the crash investigators. `` as to when | :11:39. | :11:43. | |
that happens. I think it is likely to happen tomorrow. Astor how this | :11:44. | :11:49. | |
appalling accident happened, we have no clue. `` as to how this accident | :11:50. | :11:56. | |
happened. This is a nature reserve and it could have been due to pilot | :11:57. | :12:02. | |
error. Investigators are due to the year for the next few days. The cord | :12:03. | :12:06. | |
and will be up until Monday. The area itself, bearing in mind that | :12:07. | :12:12. | |
there are no lots of live ammunition bullets around, the area could be | :12:13. | :12:15. | |
closed to the public for several weeks. | :12:16. | :12:20. | |
Still ahead ` why campaigners say they've reached the end of the line | :12:21. | :12:23. | |
over plans to bring back an historic railway. | :12:24. | :12:28. | |
And could adding "Upon Ouse" to the name of an East Yorkshire town mean | :12:29. | :12:30. | |
more people want to come and visit? Keep the pictures coming in. If you | :12:31. | :12:49. | |
have a photograph you are proud of, send it in. We can show them on the | :12:50. | :12:56. | |
programme. This was taken by Jeff Hall. Thank you very much. | :12:57. | :13:23. | |
Extra pictures tonight. A big fat moggy! The producer says, what about | :13:24. | :13:38. | |
the cat is Mike! But the question `` the producer says, what about the | :13:39. | :13:39. | |
cat? Tomorrow cloudy with outbreaks of | :13:40. | :13:51. | |
rain. It will improve slowly. This weather front will bring patchy rain | :13:52. | :13:57. | |
on Friday night. The weekend is looking more settled. A bit colder | :13:58. | :14:01. | |
but dry with some sunshine and frost at night. Now, we have this system | :14:02. | :14:07. | |
pushing up from the south`west. It looks like we are in for a wet night | :14:08. | :14:13. | |
at times. Let us hone in on the details. That rain is already in | :14:14. | :14:19. | |
some western areas. It is pushing north eastwards. Eating for a time, | :14:20. | :14:22. | |
but there could be heavy bursts later on. `` easing off for a time. | :14:23. | :14:38. | |
So the sun will rise at these times. And these are the next high water | :14:39. | :14:44. | |
times. So rather cloudy in the morning. Showery outbreaks of rain | :14:45. | :14:51. | |
pushing down from the North West. As we head through the afternoon, there | :14:52. | :14:55. | |
should be an improvement. Most part becoming dry and brighter. And | :14:56. | :15:00. | |
improving picture through the afternoon. There will be a strong | :15:01. | :15:10. | |
westerly wind. Looking further haired, during daylight hours, | :15:11. | :15:15. | |
Friday is not looking too bad. Dry with some sunshine but it does cloud | :15:16. | :15:20. | |
over. There will some sun `` there will be some sunshine and outbreaks | :15:21. | :15:25. | |
of rain. The weekend is looking very pleasant. But there is a risk of | :15:26. | :15:27. | |
frost at night. There were messages about the shirt | :15:28. | :15:40. | |
and tie. William says, shocking pink does not even come close. I demand a | :15:41. | :15:44. | |
pair of shades, do not wear it again. Goodbye! | :15:45. | :15:48. | |
Campaigners fighting to get the railway reopened between York and | :15:49. | :15:52. | |
Beverley say the plan has gone up in smoke. It comes after East Riding | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
Council voted to allow building on the once`protected route. The | :15:57. | :15:58. | |
council says it was unlikely the ?200 million needed for the scheme | :15:59. | :16:03. | |
would ever be found. Anne`Marie Tasker is live in Market Weighton, | :16:04. | :16:07. | |
which is on the route of the old line. | :16:08. | :16:14. | |
Annemarie, is today Bosman decision really the end of this plan? `` is | :16:15. | :16:24. | |
today? Campaigners have told me that they | :16:25. | :16:28. | |
have one last glimmer of hope in that they have asked the local | :16:29. | :16:34. | |
enterprise Council to maintain `` the local enterprise group to ask | :16:35. | :16:40. | |
the council to maintain protections. The line has been partially built on | :16:41. | :16:46. | |
and after today Bosman decision, the rest could have building as well. | :16:47. | :17:00. | |
Campaigners like a bonfire, claiming plans to reopen in a York to | :17:01. | :17:04. | |
Beverley rail line have big `` have gone up in smoke. A burn their | :17:05. | :17:10. | |
position as East Riding Council does `` decided that some of the rail | :17:11. | :17:16. | |
line can be built on. That route has been protected since 2005. We feel | :17:17. | :17:20. | |
that if the protection is removed and houses. To be built and the line | :17:21. | :17:31. | |
`` if the protection is removed, houses will start to be built. The | :17:32. | :17:39. | |
cost will be too great to reopen it. This was the old stationmaster's | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
house in Market Weighton. But this part of the railway line has already | :17:46. | :17:50. | |
been built on. After this afternoon's decision from the | :17:51. | :17:53. | |
council, the stretch of track between here and York could also be | :17:54. | :17:59. | |
developed. It shouldn't be protected because in some instances, they go | :18:00. | :18:03. | |
across perfectly legitimate development potential land around | :18:04. | :18:07. | |
important towns in the East Riding. We should not prevent the organic | :18:08. | :18:12. | |
growth `` the organic growth of East Riding towns for something which may | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
or may not be a feasible scheme at some point in the future. After the | :18:17. | :18:21. | |
decision, focus will move to the current main route the A1079. Some | :18:22. | :18:31. | |
people say cannot serve the population. There is an ageing | :18:32. | :18:37. | |
population around and they will not be able to drive. If they went to | :18:38. | :18:42. | |
get to the main centres, we need a method of doing that and the railway | :18:43. | :18:47. | |
seems to be the sensible answer. But after this decision, it seems that | :18:48. | :18:51. | |
for now the only thing travelling along this old rail line will be | :18:52. | :18:53. | |
riders and walkers. I'm joined now by the Beverley and | :18:54. | :18:59. | |
Holderness MP, Graham Stuart. Good evening. Has the right decision been | :19:00. | :19:05. | |
made today? What you have to remember is that years ago, | :19:06. | :19:09. | |
campaigners went to see the Labour Minister and it was specifically | :19:10. | :19:15. | |
ruled out. So the council are saying that they have to deal with the | :19:16. | :19:19. | |
world as it is rather than as they would like it to be. But they are | :19:20. | :19:23. | |
not ruling out the potential of a line in future. They cannot keep the | :19:24. | :19:29. | |
whole line in aspic. I am disappointed but I understand the | :19:30. | :19:34. | |
pressures they are under and the Labour government categorically | :19:35. | :19:38. | |
ruled it out before. You were urging the minister to look at reopening in | :19:39. | :19:46. | |
2006. Has the Minister let down the fastest`growing `` has the | :19:47. | :19:48. | |
government let down is the fastest`growing population area? I | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
certainly think the last government did. Instead of focusing on lines on | :19:55. | :19:59. | |
the map, what we have got to do, what campaigners have to do, is make | :20:00. | :20:04. | |
the business case. Because where we do make a strong case, then we can | :20:05. | :20:09. | |
make progress. Because we know we were neglected in the area for a | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
long time but in three years, the government has half the Humber | :20:15. | :20:18. | |
Bridge tolls, has built a southern relief road for Beverley and is | :20:19. | :20:24. | |
looking to improve the A63 in Hull. The truth is that if you make the | :20:25. | :20:28. | |
right case and you work hard, and I have been working hard with my | :20:29. | :20:33. | |
colleagues to get the electrification to Selby, then you | :20:34. | :20:36. | |
can get a change. The council has to deal with the world as it is. And | :20:37. | :20:40. | |
that is one in which the last government ruled out the line. But | :20:41. | :20:47. | |
this is a large population area. I use or that the A1079 can deal with | :20:48. | :20:55. | |
the population in the area? There have been improvements to the road, | :20:56. | :20:59. | |
and I would like to see more. In answer to your question just now | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
asked by a local question, we need to make sure that the 1079 can carry | :21:05. | :21:09. | |
local bus services if we do not have a local bus service `` a rail | :21:10. | :21:14. | |
service. The Chief Executive of Lincoln | :21:15. | :21:16. | |
Cathedral has warned of "very uncomfortable" times ahead if | :21:17. | :21:19. | |
visitor numbers don't increase. Phil Hamlyn Williams has said maintaining | :21:20. | :21:22. | |
and keeping the historical landmark running could lead to a financial | :21:23. | :21:28. | |
deficit of ?500,000. But he believes this could be turned around if | :21:29. | :21:36. | |
visitor numbers and revenue double. We have, over the last few years, | :21:37. | :21:41. | |
received a grant from English Heritage. That has now stopped. So | :21:42. | :21:46. | |
now, when I look ahead, I am beginning to see a gap in our budget | :21:47. | :21:50. | |
that could be as big as half ?1 million. So we are addressing it. We | :21:51. | :21:58. | |
have 75,000 paying visitors a year. If we could double that, we can pay | :21:59. | :22:02. | |
our way. Thanks to everyone who got in touch | :22:03. | :22:05. | |
about the possibility of street lights being turned off in | :22:06. | :22:08. | |
Lincolnshire The County Council is looking at ways to save money. | :22:09. | :22:11. | |
Hundreds of street lights have already been dimmed, but now some | :22:12. | :22:14. | |
areas could lose lighting altogether. Here are some | :22:15. | :22:16. | |
suggestions from you on what should be done. Olive says, Why can't | :22:17. | :22:20. | |
councils put solar pods on street lighting and get free lights at | :22:21. | :22:21. | |
night? Thank you for those. | :22:22. | :22:54. | |
The draw for the first round of Rugby League's Challenge cup has | :22:55. | :22:57. | |
been made live on Radio Humberside. 44 teams are taking part in the | :22:58. | :23:01. | |
first round with Super League sides Hull FC and Hull KR not joining the | :23:02. | :23:05. | |
competition until the fourth round. You can see full details of the draw | :23:06. | :23:14. | |
on the BBC Sport website. Finally, it's been done by the town | :23:15. | :23:18. | |
of Staines in time for London 2012. Now Goole could be about do the same | :23:19. | :23:22. | |
thing ahead of Hull 2017 ` and change its name! The East Yorkshire | :23:23. | :23:27. | |
town is hoping to attract some of Hull's cultural trade, and a local | :23:28. | :23:30. | |
hotelier says rebranding Goole as "Goole Upon Ouse" would help, as | :23:31. | :23:38. | |
Crispin Rolfe reports. An hotelier with a vision for Goole, | :23:39. | :23:47. | |
requiring investment. What I would love to do is have apartments and | :23:48. | :23:52. | |
shops and offices by the dockside and really bring Goole up. But where | :23:53. | :23:55. | |
will the money come for Howard Duckworth's dream? Well from this... | :23:56. | :24:05. | |
The UK city of culture 2017 is Hull! And Howard's suggestion to change | :24:06. | :24:11. | |
Goole's name to Goole Upon Ouse. 70% of the people going to hold macro | :24:12. | :24:18. | |
will go `` to Hull, will go past Bourne Academy. If they see `` if | :24:19. | :24:29. | |
they see a nicer name, they could come. And if you think that sounds | :24:30. | :24:32. | |
radical, it's been done before. After being the butt of Ali G jokes, | :24:33. | :24:36. | |
Staines in Surrey re`branded itself as Staines Upon Thames to benefit | :24:37. | :24:43. | |
from the London 2012 Olympic boom. Changing pool's `` Goole's name is | :24:44. | :24:52. | |
one thing, but there are some restrictions. There are lots of | :24:53. | :24:55. | |
signs to change and potentially a referendum. So two extra words, | :24:56. | :24:57. | |
which, whatever their popularity, could come at a cost. If we did | :24:58. | :25:05. | |
change the name, we would still be known as Goole. As to whether | :25:06. | :25:10. | |
changing the name of the town would change things all that drastically, | :25:11. | :25:15. | |
I am not convinced. It is ridiculous. Why change the name? We | :25:16. | :25:21. | |
have been Goole for so long, what difference would it make? It is | :25:22. | :25:27. | |
modernisation, what difference would it make? | :25:28. | :25:43. | |
You might have a view on that. What would you call Goole? Maybe this was | :25:44. | :25:53. | |
a mistake. Get in touch. Let's get a recap of the national | :25:54. | :25:56. | |
and regional headlines A jury decides Mark Duggan was lawfully | :25:57. | :25:59. | |
killed by police ` an inquest find he did have a gun but threw it away | :26:00. | :26:03. | |
before he was shot. MPs prepare to vote on legislation | :26:04. | :26:06. | |
that could ban high stakes gambling machines from betting shops. | :26:07. | :26:14. | |
Tomorrow's weather, mostly cloudy with showers at first. Turning dry | :26:15. | :26:20. | |
and brighter. Sunny intervals and miles in the fresh westerly wind. `` | :26:21. | :26:25. | |
and miles in the fresh westerly wind. | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
Responses on the fixed odds betting machines. James says it is OK for | :26:32. | :26:37. | |
banks to gamble with billions of taxpayers' money, but get a bailout. | :26:38. | :26:42. | |
But Joe Public mustn't gamble with their own money. He says Blackpool | :26:43. | :26:48. | |
works refused `` Blackpool was refused a casino but there are many | :26:49. | :26:53. | |
in London. Another example of a nanny state. If people are daft | :26:54. | :26:57. | |
enough to put their money in these machines, then so be it. | :26:58. | :27:01. | |
This one is really interesting. Steve says, these machines are very | :27:02. | :27:06. | |
interest `` very addictive. I got hooked on them. I spent ?900 | :27:07. | :27:12. | |
in 20 minutes. They ruined my life. I would tell anyone stay away. A | :27:13. | :27:19. | |
message there from Steve. And Nick says, taking away the machines will | :27:20. | :27:22. | |
not solve anything. If people want to gamble, they were | :27:23. | :27:28. | |
gamble. The only way to solve this is to prohibit gambling altogether. | :27:29. | :27:34. | |
Gambling is a personal choice, like drinking or smoking. If you don't | :27:35. | :27:38. | |
have the money, don't do it. Or limit yourself to one day a week. | :27:39. | :27:45. | |
Join me tomorrow if you can. See you tomorrow. | :27:46. | :27:53. |