A city centre adult gaming centre has lost its bid to open 24 hours a day after concerns were made on the impacts of gambling. An appeal to overturn the to reject plans for Admiral Casino on to open 24 hours a day was presented to members of the planning local review committee. Luxury Leisure, the company behind , had wanted to change the opening hours of the adult gaming centre but officials ruled last November that allowing the premises to operate 24/7 would be “detrimental” to residents due to “increased footfall and noise at unsocial hours”.
During the meeting, members were presented with the argument that the firm’s Queen Street premises operate “on a 24-hour basis without noise complaint” and that adult gaming centres “do not generate adverse impacts to amenity through 24/7 trading”. Concerns were still raised by elected members on how gambling impacts Glasgow and the most vulnerable members of the community. Councillor Imran Alam said: “My only concern is calling this an adult gambling centre.
That to me sounds like arcade games, virtual reality as opposed to fruit machines and slot machines. “We know the issues that gambling can cause late at night, people coming out of a restaurant or nightclub late at night, walking up Sauchiehall Street, and they end up spending all their money or whatever money they have left on the machines. “It is just a concern I have got to know how they have titled the new place.
It seems like an amusement arcade and I.