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The Louisiana Office of Alcoholic
Beverage Control has issued a warn-
ing against illegal video card games
and other gambling devices in a
letter sent to bar and restaurant
owners and to a number of coin-op
operators in the state .
The letter states that "certain
video games distributed through-
out the state are illegal gambling
devices as defined in La. R.S . 15:31 ,
because they are equipped with
knockoff mechanisms and internal
counters," and that the office, along
with the State Police Criminal
Investigation Bureau, will begin
aggressive enforcement of Louisiana
gambling statutes July 1. " The alco-
holic beverage outlets found to be
in violation after this date will be
dealt with both criminally and
administratively as the case may
be," the letter reads.
The devices are "subject to
immediate seizure and destruction,"
said Michael W. Russell , Louisiana
Commissioner of Alcoholic Bever-
age Control. Recently , Russell said,
50 video pokers equipped with
knockoff devices were seized and
destroyed in Monroe, Louisiana .
"Legitimate operators were calling
to complain about these machines
hurt ing their business. A lot of
people are paying off on the games,
and it was starting to get out of hand
just like the old pinball machines,"
he continued . "They are illegal, and
we don't want them in the state ."
The games in question include
"any slot machine, pinball , or other
ball machine , mechanical or elec-
tronic devi c e equipped with a
mechanism to release the number
of f ree games or replays and the
mechanism to record free games or
free plays so released."
Russell also said that law officers
do not actually have to see someone
gambling on the machines in order
to confiscate them .
" All law officers are authorized ,
and it is made mandatory on their
part to confiscate and immediately
des t roy all gambling devices or
machines used for gambling that
come to their attention, " Russell
said.
"A lot of operators around the
state have called to say that they
appreciate what we 've done, " he
added . " The letter caused a lot of
people to remove them. "
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'FACE OFF' SUIT SETTLED
Innovative Concepts in Entertain-
ment (ICE) and Entertainment Enter-
prises, Ltd . have reached an agree-
ment resolving their dispute over
the sale of the face Off hockey
game, according to a statement
issued by Jed Forman, Entertain-
ment Enterprises president.
The out-of-court settlement
allows Entertainment Enterprises to
sell face Off. This settlement was
reached with the court' s approval ,
Forman said, "to avoid a prolonged
and expensive legal battle ."
A December federal court injunc-
tion prohibited Entertainment
Enterprises from " making, selling,
or advertising " the game which ICE
officials called " a blatant copy" of
ICE' s Chexx hockey game. (Play
Meter, March 15, p. 17)
Ralph Coppola , president of ICE,
told Play Meter that both companies
agreed that the terms of the settle-
ment are not to be released .
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PlAY METER. August 1, 1964