Plans have been submitted to open a gambling arcade in Droylsden shopping centre.An application has been lodged with Tameside council to change the use of two commercial units, numbers eight and nine, into an ‘adult gaming centre’ (AGC).The applicant, Cashina Gaming Ltd, wants to open the units at the Queens Walk shopping precinct under the name of ‘Merkur Slots’.A separate council hearing on Thursday, August 20 is due to decide whether the business can be granted a gambling licence at the site.There have been several representations against the proposals, including from the authority’s population health department“It is estimated that there are 5,400 adults in Tameside who are suffering from gambling harm, 570 of whom live in Droylsden,”.