HC Deb 02 December 1971 vol 827 cc139-40W
42. Sir T. Beamish

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to require the owners or lessors of gambling machines to which the public has access to display a notice stating clearly at what odds each machine is set.

Mr. Carlisle

These machines, unlike those installed in clubs, are restricted by law to small prizes amounting to no more than 10p in cash or 25p in kind. It would be technically difficult to define the proportion of stakes retained by the operator and the element of gaming is not sufficient to justify such a requirement.