Churches Think Slot Machine Supercasinos Bad Idea

The Archbishop of Canterbury is concerned about the message that their government is giving to its residents. They say that the government allowing slot machines and casinos to come into its country is telling its residents that gambling is ok and that it will fix your problems.

Many are upset at the fact that the British government chose to hand out as many slot machine licenses as they did without first waiting to see how one or two would work out. They handed out eight slot machine licenses for large casinos, eight slot machine licenses for smaller casinos, and then of course one to Manchester for the country’s first supercasino.

But they are not the only ones concerned – although for a different reason. The British Casino Association was upset with the 17 new slot machine licenses handed out, but only because they are afraid that the new casinos will have freedoms that the current casinos don’t.

The Archbishop said that when you look at the research you can see how high the level of addiction is with the slot machines, and that they should be looking to help these people instead of profit from their misfortunes. He was not alone in his condemnations – the Anglican Bishop of Hulme said that he thought that not only were slot machine casinos a bad idea, but look at where they were placed.

He said that the casinos were in areas where people are already looking for a quick fix for their problems. He said that many of the slot machine casinos were going to be right by some of the poorest communities in the country.

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