Gambling machines with top payout of £10k coming to Essington in gaming centre plan
High-payout gambling machines with a top prize of £10,000 are to arrive in Essington next year at a new gaming centre.
It is planned for the Hilton Park Service Area on the M6 (southbound) on Junction 10a and 11.
It will replace the existing games centre at the service station and a proposal has been submitted to South Staffordshire Council by Moto.
Essington councillor David Clifft has no problem with the plans which would see the gambling machines in use 24 hours a day, everyday of the year apart from Christmas day.
He said: "I'd rather it be there than in the village - it's not likely to pull in people off the street with where it's located."
The planned games-room will be 54sq ft - more than double the size of the existing games centre - and feature all new slot and fruit gambling machines, which can payout thousands of pounds.
