§ 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1962

   Gambling Devices Act of 1962

   Pub. L. 87–840 § 6 · 76 Stat. 1075

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1178

   (Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, § 6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, § 6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 6. The Act of January 2, 1951, is amended by adding at the 64 Stat. 1134. 15 USC 1171. end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 9. None of the provisions of this Act shall be construed to Nonapplicability 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, shuffle board, 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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