Gaming machines seized (update)

Date: 1 July 2008

The Gambling Commission has seized a further 12 gaming machines as a result of continuing enquiries into the suspected unlawful supply of gaming machines to businesses in the North of England.

The 12 machines were seized from ten licensed betting premises in Yorkshire bringing the combined total seized in the operation to 26. Earlier this month seven machines were seized in a multi-agency operation at premises in Oldham with a further seven machines being removed from six licensed betting premises in the North West.

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Further information

Further information is available in the press release regarding the earlier seizures.

Contact Laura McCaughey or John Travers on (0121) 230 6700, (07852) 124624 or communications@gamblingcommission.gov.uk