§ 1178. — Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1178]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 24--TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES
Sec. 1178. Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and
devices
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.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, Sec. 9, as added Pub. L. 87-840, Sec. 6, Oct.
18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077.)
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.
