{
  "id": 17074046,
  "title": "How £100 vanishes in minutes: inside the ‘slot farms’ targeted in the budget",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/how-100-vanishes-in-minutes-inside-the-slot-farms-targeted-in-the",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-29T14:00:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Business",
    "slug": "guardian-business",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/29/inside-the-slot-farms-targeted-in-budget-gambling"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "John Healey has hit adult gaming centres with 25% tax. Undercover footage shows how they lure customers The last of five £20 notes disappears into the slot machine as The Verve’s Bittersweet Symphony plays over the shop’s sound system. That’s it, £100 gone in the space of about five minutes, swallowed up by one of the many “slot farms” that dominate the shopping streets of Peterborough. Continue…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}