The ruling Fidesz-Christian Democrats coalition plans to follow a Slovak example and banish gambling from pubs throughout Hungary, daily Népszava said on Wednesday.
The Slovak parliament has recently decided that, starting in 2013, the use of slot machines will only be allowed in game parlors.
Hungary’s national gambling association (MSzSz) told the paper that it had no information about any plans to ban slot machines from pubs but it is against the idea.
Instead of a ban, the goverment should improve control, the association said.
If the ban is introduced, some 16,000 one-armed bandits will be withdrawn from use, the paper said.
Around two-thirds of slot machines in Hungary are in pubs and the rest in game parlors and casinos.
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