Coin Slot Magazine - #083 - 1982 - January [International Arcade Museum]
LEGISLATIVE
UPDATE
STATE OF
ALASKA
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Chapter 35. Coin-Operated Devices and Punchboards.
Article
1. Coin-Operated Amusement and Gaming Devices (§43.34.010-
43.35.090)
Article 1. Coin-Operated Amusement and Gaming
Devices.
Section
10. Amount of tax
20. Administration
30. Distributor fees
40. Operation by a minor
50. Distribution of tax
60. Orders and regulations
70. Gambling not legalized
80. (Repealed)
90. Definitions
Sec. 43.35.010. Amount of tax. (a) A person who
maintains for use or permits the use on premises under his
control of a coin-operated device class 1, 2, or class 3
shall first pay a tax as follows:
(1) $48 a year for each coin-operated device class 1;
(2) $120 a year for each coin-operated device class 2;
(3) $240 a year for each coin-operated device class 3;
(b) No additional tax is levied where a device within a
given classification is replaced by another of the same
classification.
(c) The tax imposed by this section is reduced by one-
twelfth for the entirety of each month which elapses from
the first day of the year to the date upon which the device is
placed in operation. In thischapter a remaining portion of a
month is considered as one full month. (§ 48-3-1 ACLA
1949; am ch 31 SLA 1949; am § 1 ch 142 SLA 1960)
(2) "coin-operated device class 2" means a pinball ma
chine, including a bingo type coin-operated device, horse
race machine or other apparatus or device which operates
by means of insertion of a coin, token, or similar object and
which, by embodying the elements of chance or skill,
awards free plays and which contains a device for releasing
free plays and a meter for registering or recording the
plays so released, or with a provision for multiple coin
insertion for increasing the odds; class 2 does not include
bona fide vending machines in which gaming or amuse
ment features are not incorporated;
(3) "coin-operated device class 3" means a slot machine
or other apparatus or device which operates by means of
insertion of a coin, token, or similar object and which, by
strict dependence upon the element of chance, may deliver
or may entitle the person playing or operating the machine
to receive cash, premiums, merchandise, or tokens; a
device or apparatus otherwise falling within the classifica
tion of (2) of this section, though not strictly dependent
upon the element of chance, is taxed according to the rate
applicable to slot machines if the device or apparatus itself
delivers cash directly to the person playing or operating it;
(4) "distributor" means a person who directly provides
or furnishes a coin-operated device for operation on
premises not owned by him and not under his jurisdiction
or control. (§ 48-3-2 ACLA 1949; am § 2 ch 142 SLA 960;
am § 1 ch 135 SLA 1966)
Effective January 1, 1980
Sec. 11.66.260. Possession of a gambling device.
(a) A person commits the offense of possession of a
gambling device if, with knowledge of the character of the
device, he manufactures, sells, transports, places, or pos
sesses, or conducts or negotiates a transaction affecting
Continued on page 50
Sec. 43.35.O7O. Gambling not legalized. Thischapter
does not legalize gambling or the possession of a gambling
device. (§ 48-3-8 ACLA 1949; am § 8 ch 142 SLA 1960)
Cross reference. — As to limitations on [authorized gaming
activities, see AS 05.15.180.
Legislative intent — In enacting the 1960 amendment to this
section there was no intent on the part of the legislature to permit
gambling. Pin Ball Mach., Serial No. 2334 v. State, Sup. Ct. Op. No.
86 (File No. 162), 371 P.2d 805 (1962).
The use or possession of a pinball machine is not made lawful
by the mere fact that such machine is defined by law for tax
purposes. State v. Pinball Machs., Sup. Ct Op. No. 298 (File No.
529), 404 P.2d 923 (1965).
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January 1982
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