Automatic Age

December , 193 .4
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A U T O M A T IC A G E
be a combination of several features,
as many who have operated the test
samples are inclined to believe. At
any rate it has the Rock-Ola plant
working over-time.
Lazar Urges Prompt Action
By Industry
On Location
If you will recall, last year the lo­ have already expended several thou­
cal authorities seized a quantity of sand dollars trying to keep out of
various type machines — some legal trouble, we do not feel as though we
and some illegal — from our ware­ ourselves should stand the expense of
making this appeal. In addition to
house.
On December 5th our case was tried legal fees, we have had many thou­
and the court directed a verdict of sands of dollars worth of merchandise
guilty because of a ruling by Judge confiscated which we will never get
Elder Marshall that it is unlawful to back.
— B. D. Lazar Company , Pa.
possess or exhibit any gaming tables.
In charging the jury, the judge di­
rected them to bring in a verdict of
W o r k in g O v e r tim e o n
guilty and did not even permit us to
enter any evidence as to why these
H o ld a n d D r a w
games were in our warehouse or be­
ing placed on trucks.
As reports on test samples of
His claim was that according to the “Hold and Draw” come in from all
law, if you admit possession of any parts of the country, the counter
illegal gaming device, you are guilty game division of the Rock-Ola Manu­
of violating this act. The circum­ facturing Corporation swings into ac­
stance under which you have posses­ tion. Each batch of reports sets new
sion, why you have them, or what you wheels spinning. The die casting de­
intend to do with them has no bear­ partment was the first to get off to
ing as far as the law is concerned. It a flying start. Then lights went on
does not make any difference whether in the tooling section. A third batch
you have them on display, for sale, or of reports unleashed the tremendous
for the purpose of operating them or power ei a battery of punch-presses.
transporting them. If they are in And so as we go to press, we learn
your possession, you are guilty.
that the entire Rock-Ola counter
Up to the present writing, we do division is a beehive of industry
not know what the penalty for this
That there is ample reason for all
offense is, as yet. However, it is a this activity is shown by the fact
very serious situation and every job­ that the Rock-Ola Manufacturing
ber, operator, or store-keeper in our Corporation reports having 7,000 un­
state is exactly in the same predica­ filled orders on hand. From all ap­
ment as we r.re, insofar as the law pearances, “Hold and Draw” seems
is concerned.
to be clicking. Operators attribute
Unless an organized effort is made its success to various outstanding
to fight this, it will be absolutely im­ features. Here is a typical letter
possible for any distributor, jobber, accompanying an operator’s test re­
operator, or merchant, to keep from port on “Hold and Draw:” “From
violating the law even if he only has years of experience in the operating
this equipment in his possession.
of pin games, I have come to the
Another point that we wish to make conclusion that the most attractive
clear is the fact that the law does not games are most easily placed. How­
specify any particular type of ma­ ever, in the counter game field there
chine. They use the term “gaming was previously little choice as far as
table” or “device.” The local author­ appearance went. And so I had diffi­
ities interpret a pin table or a counter culty in finding locations for counter
machine of any description as a gam­ machines. “Hold and Draw,” how­
ing device, and therefore, we should ever, was easily placed. The location
owners I showed it to said that it
be liable under this act.
I think that this information should had their higK-priced cash registers
be given plenty of publicity and beat for looks.”
This particular operator evidently
proper steps should be taken so that
the various people connected with this was impressed by the appearance of
industry should not walk into danger the game. Others believe that the
in the same manner as we did. I be­ “Five Game Feature” is partly re­
lieve we have thirty day’s time in sponsible for the success of “Hold
which to take an appeal and since we and Draw.” And then again, it may
© In te r n a tio n a l A r c a d e M u s e u m
Mr. A. W. Adickes of Scott, Adickes
Company of London, inspects the
Standard Ticket Game on location.
Left to right, Claude Kirk, president
of Standard Ticket Games, Leo J.
Kelly, sales manager, and Mr. Adickes.
Above photo was taken in a promi­
nent drug store in Chicago and shows
one of the first Ticket Games on loca­
tion. Result of the inspection was
that Mr. Adickes placed an order for
5,000 units.
A teacher in a big elementary
school had given lessons to an in­
fants’ class on the Ten Command­
ments. In order to test their mem­
ories she asked “Can any little child
give me a commandment with only
four words in it?”
A little hand went up quickly.
“Well”? said the teacher expect­
antly.
“Keep off the grass,” was the re­
ply.
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