No person under twenty - one years of age may play a video lottery machine licensed pursuant to § 42-7A-41 . No video lottery machine licensed pursuant to § 42-7A-41 may be played except during the legal hours of operation allowed for the on - sale consumption of alcoholic beverages. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1989, ch 368 , § 27; SL 1990, ch 342 , § 3.