{"id":175700,"date":"2025-05-06T16:54:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/articles\/shocking-spread-of-24hr-slot-machines-in-the-uk\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T15:55:30","slug":"shocking-spread-of-24hr-slot-machines-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/shocking-spread-of-24hr-slot-machines-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Shocking Spread of 24hr Slot Machines in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section  class=\"container container--large article-container\">\n            <div class=\"article \">\n            <div class=\"article__sidebar\">\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section author\">\n                    <div class=\"author__avatar\">\n                                                                                                            <img decoding=\"async\"\n     src=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ays-be-BD4pN-2zw7s-unsplash-1-200x133.jpg\"\n             srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ays-be-BD4pN-2zw7s-unsplash-1-50x33.jpg 360w,\n             https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ays-be-BD4pN-2zw7s-unsplash-1-100x67.jpg 768w,\n             https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ays-be-BD4pN-2zw7s-unsplash-1-200x133.jpg 1440w,\n             https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ays-be-BD4pN-2zw7s-unsplash-1-400x267.jpg 2000w\"\n             alt=\"The Shocking Spread of 24hr Slot Machines in the UK\"\n               \/>                                            <\/div>\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Written By<\/span>\n                    <a class=\"u-text-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/shocking-spread-of-24hr-slot-machines-in-the-uk\/\" title=\"The Shocking Spread of 24hr Slot Machines in the UK Bio\">\n                        <h5 class=\"author__author\">The Shocking Spread of 24hr Slot Machines in the UK<\/h5>\n                    <\/a>\n                                                        <\/div>\n                                                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Published<\/span>\n                                        <p class=\"sidebar-content\">06 May 2025<\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Last Updated<\/span>\n                    <p class=\"sidebar-content\">\n                        06 May 2025\n                    <\/p>\n                <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section\">\n                        <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Issues<\/span>\n                        <div class=\"article-categories\">\n                                                                                                <a class=\"article-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/addictions\/gambling\/\">Gambling<\/a>\n                                                                                                                                                <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section\">\n                        <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Topics<\/span>\n                        <div class=\"article-categories\">\n                                                                                                                                                            <a class=\"article-category\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/addictions\/gambling\/gambling-in-the-news\/\">Gambling In the News<\/a>\n                                                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"sidebar-inner-section\">\n                    <span class=\"sidebar-sub-title\">Share this article<\/span>\n                    <ul class=\"social-list\">\n            <li class=\"social-list__item\">\n            <a class=\"social-list__item-link\"\n               href=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.allencarr.com\/en-us\/articles\/shocking-spread-of-24hr-slot-machines-in-the-uk\/\"\n               onclick=\"window.open(this.href, 'share popup','left=20,top=20,width=500,height=360,toolbar=1,resizable=0'); 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