Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 1178


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices

      None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to
    apply - 
        (1) to any machine or mechanical device designed and
      manufactured primarily for use at a racetrack in connection with
      parimutuel betting,
        (2) to any machine or mechanical device, such as a
      coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine (a
      so-called pinball machine), or mechanical gun, which is not
      designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with
      gambling, and (A) which when operated does not deliver, as a
      result of the application of an element of chance, any money or
      property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may not
      become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of
      an element of chance, any money or property, or
        (3) to any so-called claw, crane, or digger machine and similar
      devices which are not operated by coin, are actuated by a crank,
      and are designed and manufactured primarily for use at carnivals
      or county or State fairs.



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