Residents Fight Slot Machines

Carey Leisure wants to open a slot machine shop in Huntingdon’s historic market square, and residents are more than a little upset by the idea. The adult amusement arcade has residents up in arms on how to fight it from coming tin. The Huntingdon Town Center Partnership and the Huntingdon and Godmanchester Civic Society both have opposed the slot machine plan.

The slot machine application was submitted to the District Council by the company who already has a slot machine arcade in St. Neots. The owner of the company has already said that if his slot machine plan is not approved he will be appealing the decision. He says that this is for adults only, and that everyone will have to show id if they want to play the slot machines.

The Chairman of the Huntingdon Town Centre Partnership echoed many others’ feelings when he said that they were looking to bring in businesses that would draw in families and bring more business to the square. He said that a slot machine business should be put somewhere else, somewhere where it won’t attract young people wanting to go in. He thinks that the square just isn’t the right place to put slot machines.

The secretary of the Huntingdon and Godmanchester Civic Society said that he felt that they would be making a mistake putting slot machines in there. He said that their group would be making a formal objection to bringing in the slot machines.


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