2017 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade
Chapter 24 - Transportation of Gambling Devices
Sec. 1178 - Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
| 15 U.S.C. § 1178 (2017) |
| §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. |
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(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, §9, as added Pub. L. 87–840, §6, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.) |
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EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective on sixtieth day after Oct. 18, 1962, see section 7 of Pub. L. 87–840, set out as an Effective Date of 1962 Amendment note under section 1171 of this title. |
| United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
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| Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 24 - TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES Sec. 1178 - Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices |
| section 1178 |
| 2017 |
| January 12, 2018 |
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| 76 Stat. 1077 |
| Public Law 87-840 |
