Gaming machines at Welcome Break Charnock Richard Services on the M6 are among the many facilities available to visitors stopping of on their journeys.
Here is an extract from Welcome Break's website:
"Welcome Break Gaming is, unsurprisingly, the chosen name of Welcome Break's own-brand games arcade. Located at most of Welcome Break services, they provide an electronic gaming/gambling facility, sometimes called 'amusement with prize'.
Welcome Break have admitted this facility is aimed at lorry drivers taking a legal rest break, and that it is a highly profitable operation. This would be true for other operators' equivalents too. To ensure gambling legislation is followed, units are watched by a member of staff, either directly or remotely.
Since 1987 this brand had been known as Game Zone, which had occupied several logos including one showing a speedometer and another with a compass. The name was brought more in line with the rest of Welcome Break's new branding as part of their refreshed image introduced in 2008.
Game Zone is now making a reappearance; it was introduced to Fleet southbound in 2015 and to the newly rebuilt Sarn Park in 2016, amongst other refurbished Welcome Break sites. In September 2018 Welcome Break registered a new Game Zone logo, in a green colour.
In 2003, Welcome Break registered the names Spin Spin Spin, Win B4U Go, Spin B4U Win. It's not clear whether these were contenders to replace Game Zone, or just a particular arcade machine."
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Other facilities available at these services include the following:
Parking free up to 2 hours
Free Shower facilities
Unisex Baby Changing facilities
Changing Places facilities
Cash Machines
Fuel forecourt
#EV Charging Stations
Free WiFi
The Proceeds of Crime Act ("POCA") permits the confiscation in respect of any crime and can be imposed in multi-million-dollar money laundering schemes or as was the case her where a considerably lesser amount is involved. Similar legislation has been enacted in a number of different legal jurisdiction all with the intent of depriving criminal of the benefits of their crimes
The full news article is shown below:
"Morecambe brothers who stole thousands from fruit machines at Charnock Richard M6 Services must pay some of the cash back.
Two brothers who stole cash from gaming machines at a motorway service station have been orders to pay back some of their ill gotten gains.
By Stef Hall
Friday, 24th July 2020, 3:45 pm
Denver Peel, 36, of Morecambe Road, Lancaster, and Dale Peel, 33, of West End Road, Morecambe, targeted gambling machines at the Welcome Break services at Charnock Richard on the M6 near Chorley on two occasions in 2017.
Both have admitted theft of £8,800.50
Dale Peel was previously given a 12 month community order with 160 hours’ unpaid work, while Denver Peel was handed a 10 month jail sentence, suspended for two years, with 200 hours’ unpaid work, a rehabilitation activity requirement and a six-month alcohol treatment programme.
Confiscation orders brought under the Proceeds of Crime Act are sometime made after a court conviction to deprive criminals of the benefits of their crimes.
Under the Proceeds of Crime legislation (POCA), the authorities can also revisit a convicted criminal’s assets and finances in the future.
Peter Barr, prosecuting, told a Proceeds of Crime hearing at Preston Crown Court that the duo had benefitted from their crimes to the tune of £9,154.54.
Judge David Potter ruled Denver Peel had £8.604.54 of realisable assets available for the court to seize, and that Dale Peel had £550 assets.
He made an order for the pair to pay these amounts – which will be given to Welcome Break as compensation.
The order means if they do not pay within a set time, Denver will face five months in prison and Dale will have to serve two months.
Even then both would still be liable to pay what’s owed."
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