Coin Slot Magazine - #009 - 1975 - June [International Arcade Museum]
THE COIN SLOT.
JUNE
ISSUE NUMBER. 9
1975 \
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IT'S TIME TO FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS I
Owners and collectors of slot machines have a fight On their
hands. If we stick together and do something about it we can
win the fight I
froiiknow it and I know it. It scares us all. The law is apparently closing
in on slot machine ownership and exchange, and it has most, if not all,
of the collectors spooked.
The laws now on the books across the country say that it is illegal to own
or operate a slot machine — no matter how old, or for what purpose —
and it is a federal offense if slot machines are shipped across state lines.
There have been a number of confiscations in recent weeks and months,
and it looks like the problem is growing. Slot machine collectors and
readers of THE COIN SLOT donrt want to break the law. But, equally,
they feel that they have rights as historians and collectors that are being
violated by old and outdated laws that were never designed to curtail the
study and collection of antique machines. But in application, that's just
what they do.
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The spectre of a knock-on-the-door that might lead to the confiscation
and destruction of treasured old machines haunts any slot owner or coll
ector, as well as the antique dealers that are equally enthused by these
incredible old machines. It shouldnft be that way, and the only way to
stop this fear is to fight it. The laws were never meant for slot collectors».
or historians. We should stand up and fight when we are asked to in order
to acquaint the law, and the courts, of the rightfulness of our position.
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