Arcades and bingo halls to get boost
Changes to B3 fruit machines aim to help leisure industry

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp maximum stake that can be gambled on each turn on a B3 fruit machine, found in adult gaming centres and bingo premises, is to rise from £1 to £2 under .
Alongside this measure, bingo halls and arcades will also be able to offer more of this type of machine, which has a maximum prize limit of £500.
At the moment adult gaming centres are only allowed a maximum of four B3s while bingo premises can have up to eight. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp change will mean 20 per cent of their overall total of gaming machines can be B3s.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp changes follow and are expected to come into effect before Parliament goes into recess for the summer from 20 July.