31 January 2007

The power of suggestion

No offence, but I had never really thought of Stranraer as a casino sort of place. The Scotsman reports:
Stranraer will now have the right to open a casino with a floorspace of up to 2000sq m. There will be up to 80 jackpot machines offering maximum prizes of £4,000.

2000 sq metres is not very big: say 50 yards square. I mean, once you've put in the 80 one-armed bandits, there is not going to be very much room for baccarat tables. And wining and dining facilities? I think that we can also probably forget about Tom Jones or Shirley Bassey gracing the place.

Essentially, it's going to be a big arcade, isn't it?

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