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Coin Slot Magazine - #079 - 1981 - September [International Arcade Museum]
Dear Editor.
Enclosed is a clipping my mother sent me from a
recent issue of the New Orleans Times Picayune. I
think it bears printing in an issue of The Coin Slot.
While we all preach "Legalize Slots!/' it's actions like
that described in the article that make it difficult. What
we have here is a case of "smuggling." The greed of a
few people has made it now that much harder to
legalize slot possession in Louisiana.
Regards,
Bob Rosenberger
Dear Bob:
Thank you for sending us the clipping from the New
Orleans Times Picayune. Fortunately the governor had
signed the bill into law only hours before this incident
occurred and the news media had picked it up.
We were lucky this time and escaped the aftermath
of someone else's greed. But, you are right, we may not
find ourselves in such good favor as time passes.
Sincerely,
Editor
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Slot-machine smuggling suspected
By ED ANDERSON
Federal authorities Thursday were investigating a
New Orleans man for allegedly smuggling 33 slot
machines described as "sewing machine parts" on
import documents from England to Louisiana
U.S. Customs Service Agent Group Supervisor Billy
R. Tuggle said agents were "in the field" late Thursday
probing the records of Sam Katz, identified as the
owner and operator of Canal Antiques, the company
that allegedly brought the illegal gaming devices into
the state.
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September 1981
He also said that agents were reviewing Katz's
records in his offices at 2025 Canal St. Ironically, Canal
Antiques is located across the street from the Custom
house where the one-armed bandits have been stored.
Katz was reported out of town and unavailable for
comment
Tuggle said some of the gaming devises— illegal
under federal and state law — were in working order,
while others were in need of repair.
He said agents confiscated the one-armed bandits
Wednesday afternoon after they were taken to an
assembly hall in Lafayette for a two-day auction.
"When the agent opened those containers, he found
slot machines and no sewing machine parts," said
Tuggle. "There may be more slot machines imported,
and thaf s what we're looking at now."
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