Now, the couple sitting across from my husband and I at another artfully worn wooden table are playing dominoes, in what can only be described as an ironic manner, given no locals have played dominoes since the invention of fruit machines (slot machines as they are called in the US, also known as one armed bandits).

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Now the state's Indians are in the market for 44, 000 one-armed bandits, and they have long memories.

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For instance, he wants to install 3, 000 slot machines in a locale that has never embraced the one-armed bandits.

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From Peppa Pig rides to giant claws to one-armed bandits, every penny of turnover would be liable under the new duty, which, since it comes off turnover rather than profit, would be enough to sink many arcades.

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