ECHO readers said banning “crack cocaine” betting machines that can swallow a day’s pay in minutes would not help compulsive gamblers.
Critics of fixed-odds machines, or FOBTs, say they are alarmed by how swiftly they can hoover up cash and fears they could be addictive.
Gamblers plough an extraordinary £1.2bn a year into the machines in betting shops across Merseyside, according to campaigners’ figures released last year.
