Coin Slot
Issue: 1980 August 066 - Page 27
Coin Slot Magazine - #066 - 1980 - August [International Arcade Museum]
LEMONS — The Idaho Bureau of Investigation and Moscow police hit thejackpot yesterday when antique slot machines and
parts were seizedfrom a building south ofMoscow on Palouse River Drive. Paul Lansgaard, owner ofthe machines, had his luck
running the other way. It's not illegal to own the machines in Idaho, but they can be seized as contraband iffound. (Randy
Kalisek photo)
Antique Contraband Slot Machines Seized
The following letter and article was received in our office too
late for the July issue, but we want all of you to read it. Bill
Harris and Richard M. Bueschel of The Coin Slot are going to
be present for and offer their expertise at the hearing. The
hearing will be too late in the month to get a story in the August
issue, but we'll report on it in the September issue.
Any interested parties in Idaho, give Paul a hand. It's the only
way to get legislation passed in your favor.
have had similar problems and what they had to do to get
there machines back.
I would also like to be contacted by any collectors in
Idaho that would Join Forces with me in getting Legisla
tion Passed.
I will keep you informed as things progress as they took
about 20 machines and parts.
Thank you,
Paul Landsgaard
Dear Coin Slot,
Enclosed is an article from my local newspaper. I would
appreciate any information from any of your readers that
Reprinted from the Idahonian.
Restoring* antiques
can
be
a
profitable
hobby
or
business, unless you happen to trade in old gambling
P.O. Box 8141
Moscow, ID 83843
country. Probably none of it was everassembled and used
in Latah County.
The slots were observed by Moscow Police officer Neil
devices.
Odenborg, making a routine inspection of the building
The Idaho Bureau of Investigation and Moscow Police
seized about $2,000 or antique slot machines and slot
exterior.
machine parts from a building at 233 Palouse River Dr.
.com
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they can be seized as contraband.
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yesterday
belonged
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Lansgaard,
who owns
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in other h
coin-operated devices, like juke boxes. The
Lansgaard was out of town and unavailable for com
ment, but a friend, Marshall Skattone, pointed out the
yesterday around noon. According to the Idaho Code,
inconsistency in the Idaho Code. He said a bill to have the
there's no criminal penalty for owning such machines, but
contraband
material taken yesterday came from other parts of the
AUGUST, 1980
© The International Arcade Museum
designation
removed
from
antique
slot
machines was before the legislature this year but did not
pass. He said Lansgaard told him he will pursue the matter,
however, in an effort to recover the material seized
yesterday.
Skattone said Lansgaard had been operating Potlatch
Antiques about four years.
THE COIN SLOT — 27
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
LEMONS — The Idaho Bureau of Investigation and Moscow police hit thejackpot yesterday when antique slot machines and
parts were seizedfrom a building south ofMoscow on Palouse River Drive. Paul Lansgaard, owner ofthe machines, had his luck
running the other way. It's not illegal to own the machines in Idaho, but they can be seized as contraband iffound. (Randy
Kalisek photo)
Antique Contraband Slot Machines Seized
The following letter and article was received in our office too
late for the July issue, but we want all of you to read it. Bill
Harris and Richard M. Bueschel of The Coin Slot are going to
be present for and offer their expertise at the hearing. The
hearing will be too late in the month to get a story in the August
issue, but we'll report on it in the September issue.
Any interested parties in Idaho, give Paul a hand. It's the only
way to get legislation passed in your favor.
have had similar problems and what they had to do to get
there machines back.
I would also like to be contacted by any collectors in
Idaho that would Join Forces with me in getting Legisla
tion Passed.
I will keep you informed as things progress as they took
about 20 machines and parts.
Thank you,
Paul Landsgaard
Dear Coin Slot,
Enclosed is an article from my local newspaper. I would
appreciate any information from any of your readers that
Reprinted from the Idahonian.
Restoring* antiques
can
be
a
profitable
hobby
or
business, unless you happen to trade in old gambling
P.O. Box 8141
Moscow, ID 83843
country. Probably none of it was everassembled and used
in Latah County.
The slots were observed by Moscow Police officer Neil
devices.
Odenborg, making a routine inspection of the building
The Idaho Bureau of Investigation and Moscow Police
seized about $2,000 or antique slot machines and slot
exterior.
machine parts from a building at 233 Palouse River Dr.
.com
m
:
u
m
e
they can be seized as contraband.
d fro de-mus
e
d
The slots, mechanical
assemblies
and parts discovered
rca
nloa w to .a
w
o
yesterday
belonged
Paul
Lansgaard,
who owns
D
ww
/
/
:
Potlatch Antiques.
In addition to slot machines, he trades
p
tt
in other h
coin-operated devices, like juke boxes. The
Lansgaard was out of town and unavailable for com
ment, but a friend, Marshall Skattone, pointed out the
yesterday around noon. According to the Idaho Code,
inconsistency in the Idaho Code. He said a bill to have the
there's no criminal penalty for owning such machines, but
contraband
material taken yesterday came from other parts of the
AUGUST, 1980
© The International Arcade Museum
designation
removed
from
antique
slot
machines was before the legislature this year but did not
pass. He said Lansgaard told him he will pursue the matter,
however, in an effort to recover the material seized
yesterday.
Skattone said Lansgaard had been operating Potlatch
Antiques about four years.
THE COIN SLOT — 27
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