To all the betting shops littering our high streets: people power is coming and the odds are against you ✊

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/11/betting-shops-high-streets-people-power-dawn-butler

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Zombie@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 29d

slot/fruit machine-style games, found in places such as betting shops, adult gaming centres and casinos – generate an average of £35,000 in gross gambling yield per machine each year – more than the roughly £26,400 a year earned by someone aged 21 or over working 40 hours a week on the national living wage.

Fucking hell. Maybe I should make 3 little cardboard spinny wheels and some flashy lights with a coin slot to make some extra dough...