"I’m sick of losing money!” Hammer-wielding gambling addict smashed up bookies causing £36,000 damag

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/im-sick-losing-money-hammer-11000065

How many crimes against these machines even get known to the police, let alone make it to court?

cost of fobt 1k max

you can be sure 99% aren't reported

I suppose he could argue that he`s already paid for the damage.

he bust up about 5 shops, all William Hill, all within walking distance and all within a month, how did it take so long to arrest him

they wait till he lost his life savings

xmoneyx , as the cost of a new arcade pinball machine STARTS at £6250 think you maybe wrong.

I worked it out, it wasn't reported til after the 5th shop was damaged

thx howard

anyone know actual cost

Looks like it was mainly TV's that made up the cost of damage. Surprised he wasn't jailed. Full up I guess.

A mate of mine works in one , there are three betting shops close together , slips way down but masses of money on fobs , at least one of the 12 machines gets smashed every week , told never to report to police

Broken....

They probably didn't want to lose a good customer.

Chloe angrily takes a sledge-hammer to the gambling machines to which her mother had been addicted. Father Michael fears she will end up in prison unless she stops her rampages, and therefore incites his parishioners to join in wrecking the machines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_(TV_series)

That must be about the only 5 selection accumulator they've accepted in ages.

Fobt is the licence to print money for the bookies without any shred of moral or human decency shown by the heads of these entities.

Anyone playing these probably can't manage a game of monopoly let alone their own money.