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•Sun. Jan. 11,1976 los 3ngtleS Ctmttf
Deputies Hit the Jackpot:
50 One-Armed Bandits
BY KEVIN KODE&ICK
ranged to use the unoccupied house
as a repair shop.
Portesi
said
Kenzer apparently
bought the machines from mis
state somes, refurbish the^^|i*
planned to sell them to locaToistoi-
ers. He dealt only iricash to avoid
Times Staff Writer
tradng, Portesi said. <
Kenzer was booked for investiga
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value of $500 to $700. Some of
the
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tion of misdemeanor charges of slot
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what sheriffs investigators described
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older, more
ornate models
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machine
possession and possession ^
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as the state's largest haul ever of the
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repair the devices. Bail wais set^t
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d
Jerome Kenzer,
a 48, Deputies
a arrested
Lt. Lou Portesi of the sheriffs
lo vice
contractor who lives
n machines
"Some of the older, woofjeii^lot
a an rc electrical
bureau said the illegal slot
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machines may even be handmade
were discovered D
in a private home
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and are in pretty good shape," ofce
equipped to make extensive
so-called "one-armed bandits" to an
detective said.."Toobad they have lo
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on them. A large h
number
parts
be destroyed."
such as wheels, levers and electrical
At least 50 antique slot machines
were seized in Van Nuys Saturday in
gambling devices.
of $50,000 and carry an average
worth as much as $2,500, Portesi said.
$500.
next door to the raided home, after*
he allegedly tried to sell one of the
undercover agent.
components also were seized, he said.
Portesi said the machines, dating
back to 1915, could be worth a total
Portesi said Kenzer possesses ex
tensive knowledge of slot machine
operation and apparently had ar
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ings from Las Vegas hotels and casi
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