Fixed Odds Betting (FOB) gambling machines such as fruit or quiz machines are in the firing line for being heavily sanctioned or even banned completely.

These machines are sometimes described as the legal drugs on the high street. Really? As an alternative to having them pay out a maximum of £100, some members of the public want maximum payouts of only £2.

It seems unlikely, despite many people in the trade insisting that this could be a great opportunity to get more people into pubs and onto the fruit machines.

It's a sport that is gaining popularity over here, but so is cycling and athletics since the Olympics, but that doesn't mean it makes for great TV.

On the other hand, research released by sports advertising platform MatchPint, suggests that sports such as NFL could become gradually more significant for pubs that put sport at the heart of their trades.

Bookmakers and punters alike have hailed the Government's choice not to lower the maximum bet on fixed-odds betting terminals from £100 to £2, despite a movement backed by dozens of councils across England and Wales.

A total of 93 local authorities called for the limit to be announced on the B2 machines, which produced expected revenues of £7.8 billion in 2014 in the UK to help stop gambling fanatics losing all their cash.

Do you need a licence for your Fruit Machine?

If you want to either manufacture, supply, install, maintain or adapt fruit machines, part of a gaming machine or gaming machine software, there are two types of licence that gaming machine business owners generally need.