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Title 15 — Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73not60

§1178 Nonapplicability of Chapter to Certain Machines and Devices

Title 15 › Chapter 24— TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES › § 1178

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

Excludes certain machines from these rules. It does not apply to racetrack machines used mainly for parimutuel betting; to mechanical amusement machines (like coin-operated bowling, shuffleboard, pinball, or mechanical guns) that were not made mainly for gambling and that either do not pay out money or property by chance or do not let a player win money or property by chance; or to claw, crane, or digger machines that are not coin-operated, are crank-operated, and are made mainly for carnivals or State or county fairs.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §1178

Commerce and Trade — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

15 U.S.C. § 1178

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60