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![MarioNawfal Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1319287761048723458.png) Mario Nawfal [@MarioNawfal](/creator/twitter/MarioNawfal) on x 2.3M followers
Created: 2025-07-24 12:10:00 UTC

🇬🇧STATE-FUNDED JACKPOT? UK ASYLUM SEEKERS CAUGHT GAMBLING WITH GOVERNMENT CASH

ASPEN cards - meant for food and basic needs - showed up at slot machines, casinos, and lottery kiosks over XXXXX times last year.

While online gambling was blocked, chip-and-pin worked just fine in person. Some even pulled cash near gambling venues like it was a state-sponsored night out.

The government said “urgent action” is coming. Translation: they’re shocked their system wasn’t abuse-proof.

XXXXXX cards are out there - and now officials are scrambling to figure out how many turned into free chips on the taxpayer’s dime.

Source: BBC

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