The State of The UK's High Street Bookmakers FOBT Slots.

[slot_zombie]

This is why I never go inside those dirty high street arcades, I can only imagine the type of scrubbers that go in there, I wouldn't feel safe with money around those people, especially if you win they will probably follow you outside and ask to borrow a fiver.

It's mostly eastern Europeans rowing Novomatics on max stake, and British pensioners eking out their money on Rainbow Riches community 10p spins, these days.

Not a great atmosphere but neither is loitering or scrounging allowed.

 

[Siohmy]

What makes me chuckle is how the UKGC have their finger up everybody's ass in terms of online UK control but bricks and mortar you can happily get away with a lot more.
The main issue I have with bookies / online is how 90% of slots are such high variance these days that if you are playing in a bookies on lower percentages then as the OP says you can often get ZERO fun and play time let alone a feature for a considerable sum of money.
That leads to the gamblers psyche of not having had enough of a play and promotes putting more money in. The UKGC should be implementing more rules regarding the profile of games where a lot more games (not all) are coded for lower to mid variance and more frequent hits to lower values. I don't mind losing a hundred or so if I've had some play time for an hour but don't take my money in 5 minutes which just makes me feel insta rage.

I sort of get what you’re saying but part of what helped me escape my addiction to pub machines in the UK is that the manufacturers got greedy. They prioritised high jackpots above fun so eventually it was easy to walk away. The same goes for the £500 jackpots. Sure, initially people will get sucked in by the odd big win but when you get 20-30 losing spins frequently on a slot which only has a £500 jackpot you will eventually walk away.
The staggeringly narrow minded, short term greed of casinos/slot makers will bite them on the ass again. Hell, it happened once and you learned nothing!