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Great New Slot Rules in the U.K.

Slot machine fans living in the United Kingdom received a dose of really excellent news. The national government has made the decision to increase the max value of slot machine prizes! Now, pokies in the United Kingdom will be programmed to not only take higher bets, but also to pay out more. Want to talk about one guaranteed way to make a whole lot of slots players happy? The government may just have found it. That of course is not to mention the fact that the government will be on the receiving end of much more money in their national coffers as well!

Up until recently, the highest amount of money that British punters could wager in slot games was just fifty pence. Now, they can bet up to one pound. Before, the max winnings were thirty-five pounds. Now, that has been doubled to seventy pounds! Of course, Britons have always had the option of playing for the really big bucks on the internet. Online slot games are subject to different rules and regulations than those virtual machines houses at online casinos, and the progressive jackpots at some of these sites literally dwarf those tiny pots of land-based devices!

The new rules apply to slot machines that are installed in pubs, clubs, and arcades. It took a long time for the gambling industry to get these new rules, which they believe are much fairer and more attractive to players than the previous regulations. The government stands to gain as much as twenty-seven million pounds a year from the changes.

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