[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1171]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 24--TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES
Sec. 1171. Definitions
As used in this chapter--
(a) The term ``gambling device'' means--
(1) any so-called ``slot machine'' or any other machine or
mechanical device an essential part of which is a drum or reel with
insignia thereon, and (A) which when operated may deliver, as the
result of the application of an element of chance, any money or
property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may become
entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element
of chance, any money or property; or
(2) any other machine or mechanical device (including, but not
limited to, roulette wheels and similar devices) designed and
manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A)
which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of
an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation
of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of
the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
(3) any subassembly or essential part intended to be used in
connection with any such machine or mechanical device, but which is
not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a
constituent part.
(b) The term ``State'' includes the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
(c) The term ``possession of the United States'' means any
possession of the United States which is not named in subsection (b) of
this section.
(d) The term ``interstate or foreign commerce'' means commerce (1)
between any State or possession of the United States and any place
outside of such State or possession, or (2) between points in the same
State or possession of the United States but through any place outside
thereof.
(e) The term ``intrastate commerce'' means commerce wholly within
one State or possession of the United States.
(f) The term ``boundaries'' has the same meaning given that term in
section 1301 of title 43.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, Sec. 1, 64 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 87-840, Secs. 2,
3, Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L. 102-251, title II, Sec. 202(c),
Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62.)
Amendments
1992--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102-251 added subsec. (f).
1962--Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 2, substituted
provisions including machines and mechanical devices designed and
manufactured primarily for gambling by the operation of which a person
may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or
property, for provisions which included machines or mechanical devices
designed and manufactured to operate by inserting a coin, token, or
similar object, in par. (2), and inserted ``, but which is not attached
to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part'', in
par. (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 3, substituted ``the District of
Columbia'' for ``Alaska, Hawaii''.
Subsecs. (d) and (e). Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 3, added subsecs. (d) and
(e).
Effective Date of 1962 Amendment
Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided that: ``The amendments made by
this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this section
and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] shall take effect on the
sixtieth day after the date of its enactment [Oct. 18, 1962].''
Short Title of 1962 Amendment
Section 1 of Pub. L. 87-840 provided: ``That this Act [enacting
section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections 1172
and 1173 of this title] may be cited as the `Gambling Devices Act of
1962'.''
Short Title
Act Jan. 2, 1951, which enacted this chapter, is popularly known as
the ``Gambling Devices Transportation Act''.
Separability
Section 8 of act Jan. 2, 1951, provided that: ``If any provision of
this Act [this chapter] or the application thereof to any person or
circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other
provisions or applications of the Act [this chapter] which can be given
effect
