Friday, November 19, 2004

Gambler's £200 loss turns into £7 million fire

Losing punter's £7m fire

Now, I must admit, I do get frustrated with fruit machines, but I have learned not to take them too seriously.

However, that wasn't the case when a punter got overly heated and caused £7 million worth of damage to Birch Services on the M62 in Rochdale whilst trying to burn a hole in a fruit machine to retrieve the £200 he lost on a fruit machine.

The guy was to face sentence for arson, but the case was adjourned. He did admit to the crime, after he went with 2 friends to the service station to play on the machines - it took more than 70 firemen to put out the fire.

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