Clampdown on high stakes gambling machines David Cameron, the Prime Minister, and Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, will consider reversing Labour's relaxation of the rules on gambling, with the Coalition ordering a review of stakes, the number of machines and the prize levels. The number of fixed odds terminals has jumped to 32,000 from 16,380 in 2007. Mr Foster told the Daily Mail newspaper: "For too long this problem has been swept under the carpet. There's no doubt this is ruining people's lives. The machines were becoming increasingly sophisticated and large numbers of people were using them and saying they needed help, he said. "There are very many in the industry themselves who have concerns about it, though they are very reluctant to say much about it because they are worried about the impact it might have on other parts of the industry," he added. Mr Foster said he believed £2 should be the maximum stake a punter could gamble in one go but that it would be up to the industry if they wanted to argue for a higher limit. His comments came after the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee in July called for local authorities to approve the creation of more casinos, which should be permitted to provide up to 20 high stakes gambling machines. Las Vegas-style fruit machine paying prizes of up to £500 should be rolled out across the country as part of a relaxation of Britain's "puritanical" gambling laws, the MPs argued. The Coalition has agreed to reject their recommendation that there be fewer restrictions on gambling machines.