Fruit Machines

The Lock In Podcast

Ahead of the game!

05-Mar-2024 By Ed Bedington

The podcast team tackles the topic of pub games, from old school to new and ask how pub gaming is evolving and changing in the modern age.

Fruit machines

BBPA calls for increased stakes and prizes for pub fruit machines

02-Dec-2016 By Michelle Perrett

The British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA) is calling for a rise in fruit machine stakes and prizes, and for contactless payments to be allowed to help pubs meet consumer demands.  

Man pleads guilty to pub burglaries in Devon

01-Aug-2012 By Gurjit Degun

A man targeting Devon pubs with fruit machines pleaded guilty to four counts of burglary in four outlets, at Plymouth magistrates’ court.

Machines & Gaming: Inspired appointment

19-Mar-2008

How are your fruit machines performing? The chances are you're not going to know until somebody comes round to collect the cash, and that's the way...

Machines & Gaming: Marketing machines

19-Mar-2008

Machines income has been on the decline in pubs in recent times, and research unveiled at the ATEI show at the end of January suggests it may be down...

Machines & gaming: game over for AWPs?

09-Oct-2006

Fruit machines have for many decades been an integral part of the pub scene - and a vital source of extra income for many publicans, too. But now the...

Hitting the jackpot?

26-Nov-2003

Despite public demand for more fruit machines, licensees face a challenge to benefit from the Gambling Bill. Phil Mellows examines the debate.While...

Kunick set for £120m MBO

29-Jan-2002

Shares in Kunick, the company that runs 45,000 fruit machines for the pub trade, jumped 18 per cent yesterday on the news of a potential management...