Court Distinguishes Between Gambling Machines and 'Amusement Devices' - 2004-02-07
The state Supreme Court has ruled that three of 26 alleged gambling machines that a prosecutor had requested to seize weren't illegal. The court says the machines were permitted under Arkansas law because the devices didn't involve all the elements of gambling, consideration, chance, and reward.
The high court decision upheld a ruling by Sebastian
County Circuit Judge J. Michael Fitzhugh, who decide that the 23 machines could properly be seized by a prosecutor. But three others did not meet the test.
The Supreme Court noted that two of the machines offered strip poker as a game that could be played, and the state argued that seeing a picture of a naked person was a "visual reward."
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