§1175 Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc., prohibited; exceptions

Summary

It is illegal to make, fix, sell, move, own, or use any gambling device in the District of Columbia, in any U.S. possession, in Indian country (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 1151), or in the United States’ special maritime and territorial jurisdiction (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 7). That includes vessels documented under chapter 121 of title 46 or under a foreign country’s laws. There are narrow ship-and-voyage exceptions. Work on or keeping gambling devices is allowed on vessels outside any State or possession. A device may stay on board while the ship is inside a State or possession if part of the trip is outside those boundaries. A trip that starts and ends inside Indiana and never leaves Indiana (including on Lake Michigan) is also allowed. These exceptions do not cover voyages that begin and end in Hawaii. A State can block the exceptions for trips that both begin and end in that State and make no stops elsewhere. Except for Hawaii, short segments that are part of a trip to another State or foreign country that reaches that other place within 3 days are not covered. For Alaska, ships that provide sleeping space for all passengers may carry and use devices on trips that stop in Canada or another State, stop at least twice in Alaska ports, and last at least 60 hours, but Alaska may ban use while docked or anchored or within 3 nautical miles of a scheduled port and may require devices to remain on board.