<div class="bbWrapper">I'm assuming the max bet in land-based casinos will also be reduced to £2 on slots? Because anything else is fucking stupid.<br />
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They're adding two layers of protection when one is enough; limiting the amount you can deposit. Once you've set those limits you should be able to spend your money how you want to, whether it's £2.50 a spin, turbo play, auto-play, whatever you like. It's your money.<br />
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What they're doing is the equivalent of stopping you from going into a pub if you've got more than £20 in your pocket, in case you get drunk. And when you get inside you can only have half-pints of watered down lager, and you can only go up to the bar once every half-an-hour.<br />
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In fairness, the average bet in the UK is way below £2 and therefore a lot people won't really notice the incoming restrictions but so what? There should be somewhere you can go to play at stakes over £2 and why should I have to go to a casino and play 15-year old Novomatic slots on 90% to do that? I'd rather stay at home and gamble online where there's more choice.<br />
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They're serving a minority and impacting the majority with this bullshit. It's going to drive good, small operators out of the UK and cost people their jobs, and we'll all have to go to betting-chain online casinos such as William fucking Hill and play low-variance pish at their famously shite RTPs.<br />
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Huge opportunity opening up for unregulated casinos who are willing to accept UK players, thanks to this shower of a Government.</div>