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Can you summarize 15 USC 1178?
TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES > Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
Short Summary
This legal document pertains to the transportation of gambling devices. It specifies that the provisions of this chapter do not apply to certain machines and devices. The exemptions include machines or mechanical devices designed for use at racetracks in connection with parimutuel betting, machines or mechanical devices not primarily designed for gambling and do not involve the application of chance to deliver or entitle a person to money or property, and claw, crane, or digger machines designed for use at carnivals or fairs and operated by a crank instead of coins. No penalties are mentioned in this document.
Whom does it apply to?
Entities involved in the transportation of gambling devices
What does it govern?
Transportation of gambling devices
What are exemptions?
1. Machines or mechanical devices designed and manufactured primarily for use at a racetrack in connection with parimutuel betting. 2. Machines or mechanical devices, such as coin-operated bowling alleys, shuffleboards, marble machines (pinball machines), or mechanical guns, that are not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling and do not deliver or entitle a person to receive money or property as a result of chance. 3. Claw, crane, or digger machines and similar devices that 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.
What are the Penalties?
No penalties mentioned.
Jurisdiction
U.S. Federal Government