Quote Originally Posted by Flixy View Post
When did that change start?

BTW, I really don't get those machines. I've tried one once or twice to see what was it about, but I never undertood what the hell I was doing besides pressing random numbers, seeing values at the top and bottom, and occasionally some money came out, god knows why.
Was tight before 2002, tightened in 2002 (Euro time) we've been chipping away at them ever since. Mostly by not trying to ef the rules, and working with the government against gambling addiction by trying to spot those troubles with regulars in our halls, and getting them into touch with professional help. Addiction seems to be beneficial to us at first glance, but isn't actually helping us. Of course you have the social implications, the usual aggressive nature of addicts and the fact that once they hit rock bottom we don't get any money any more from them.

Then last year we were shafted by Mr. Fuckface de Jager who decided to lay a tax on us which is usually only applicable to games with a jackpot over 450 Euro (from 1.000 Guilders). We don't have that kind of jackpot, but asshole de Jager argued they couldn't check that. While they check every machine we make inside and out, including the code. In short, it was just a cheap trick. The biggest addicts can be found in Holland Casino though, where you really can lose a lot of money. But that's government owned, so yes they have to pay those taxes too, but that also goes to the government.

I better shut up about that or I'd be ranting all night.