Coin Slot

Coin Slot Magazine - #034 - 1977 - November [International Arcade Museum]
AN EXCERPT
FROM THE SOON TO BE
RELEASED BOOK
"An Illustrated Price Guide
to the 100 Most
Popular Collectible Slot Machines"
by RICHARD M. BUESCHEL
and THE COIN SLOT.
THE LEGAL PROBLEMS
The legal facts of life are simple. In spite of the rash of interest, when
it comes to the collecting, buying and selling of slot machines, the re
strictive laws of past years are more often than not still on the books.
Not much has changed! In every state except Nevada, California,
Texas, Missouri and the growing number of others that recognize the
rights of the slot machine collector, it is still illegal to own, operate,
buy, sell, and above all else, ship slots across state lines. It is perfect
ly within the province of the local police to confiscate any slot ma
chines they can lay their hands on, and break them up according to
the local law without recompense to the owner. The fact that they
don't, or rarely do, doesn't make the slot machines legal. The reality
of this can often be heartbreaking. There is no question that laws are
archaic, with individual slot ownership a "victimless" crime. Many
states now recognize this fact, with California, Nevada, Texas, Mis
souri and others now making personal antique slot machine owner
ship legal for both pleasure and display. But that hasn't happened
across the country yet, and it will take time.
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Far more troublesome, and more often applied, are the federal laws
against interstate shipping, applied to both importing and domestic
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