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Mornings: With Stephen Jardine - 05/07/2019

With Stephen Jardine

With Stephen Jardine - 05/07/2019

BBC Radio Scotland - Mornings, With Stephen Jardine - 05/07/2019

Would you be sad to see bookies disappear from your high street?  0808 5 92 95 00

Bookmaker William Hill has said it plans to close about 700 betting shops, which could lead to 4,500 job losses. The firm said the move followed the government's decision in April to reduce the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals to £2.  Business experts say that these shop closures are unlikely to be the end of it and that the other big players - particularly Ladbrokes Coral who have over 3000 shops - will follow suit.
Would you be sad to see bookies disappear from your high street? 

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