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Code · U.S. Code · Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE · CHAPTER 24— TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES · § 1178

§ 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices

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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.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, § 6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)
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  • Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 9
  • Pub. L. 87–840, § 6
  • 76 Stat. 1077
  • section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840
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§ 1178
Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
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ActJan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 9
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