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STATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS REGARDING PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF SLOT MACHINES
It is imperative the customer verify laws regarding ownership of gambling devices in the State in which you reside. Ohio Gaming Slots provides a State-by-State reference chart below, however it is the sole responsibility of the customer (BUYER) to determine and verify their own State’s, County’s, Township’s or Municipality’s laws, statutes, and/or ordinances for private home ownership of slot machines and/or gambling devices.
| State |
Status Restrictions Use of Currency |
Legal Reference |
| Alaska | All Legal | Alaska Statutes - Section 11.66.260 |
| Arizona | All Legal | Arizona Revised Statutes 13-3301 - 13-3309 |
| Arkansas | All Legal | n/a |
| Kentucky | All Legal | Kentucky Revised Statutes 528.080 |
| Maine | All Legal | Maine Revised Statutes Titles 17A-Chapter 39 |
| Minnesota | All Legal | Minnesota Statutes and Criminal Laws |
| Nevada | All Legal | n/a |
| Ohio | All Legal | Ohio Revised Code |
| Rhode Island | All Legal | Rhode Island General Laws |
| Texas | All Legal | Texas Statutes Chapter 47 |
| Utah | All Legal | n/a |
| Virginia | All Legal | n/a |
| West Virginia | All Legal | n/a |
| California | Machines 25 years + | California Penal Code 330.7 |
| Colorado | Machines Manufactured Pre 1984 |
Colorado Revised Statutes 12-47.1-103 |
| Delaware | Machines 25 years + | 28 Delaware 904 |
| Florida | Machines 20 years + | Florida Statutes 849.235 |
| Georgia | Machines Manufactured Pre 1950 | Georgia Code Title 16, Sec 16-12-24 |
| Idaho | Machines Manufactured Pre 1950 | Idaho Statutes Title 18, 3810 |
| Illinois | Machines 25 years + | Illinois Compiled Statutes 720 5/28-1 |
| Iowa | Machines 25 years + | Iowa Code 725.9 |
| Kansas | Machines Manufactured Pre 1950 | Kansas Statutes 21-4306 |
| Louisiana | Machines 25 years + | Louisiana Title 15:31-1 |
| Maryland | Machines 25 years + | Maryland Code Article 27-264B |
| Massachusetts | Machines 30 years + | Massachusetts General Laws Ch. 271, Sec. 5A |
| Michigan | Machines 25 years + | Michigan Compiled Statutes 750.303 |
| Mississippi | Machines 25 years + | Mississippi Code 27-27-12 |
| Missouri | Machines 30 years + | Missouri Revised Statutes 572.070 & 572.125 |
| Montana | Machines 25 years + | Montana State Code 23-5-153 |
| New Hampshire | Machines 25 years + | New Hampshire Revised Statutes 647:2 |
| New Jersey | Machines Manufactured Pre 1941 | New Jersey 2C:37-7 |
| New York | Machines 30 years + | New York Consolidated Laws 225:32 |
| North Carolina | Machines 25 years + | North Carolina General Statutes 14-309.1 |
| North Dakota | Machines 25 years + | North Dakota Century Code 12.1-28-02 |
| Oklahoma | Machines 25 years + | Oklahoma State Statutes 21-964 |
| Oregon | Machines 25 years + | Oregon Revised Statutes 167.147 |
| Pennsylvania | Machines 25 years + | Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes 5513 |
| South Dakota | Machines 25 years + | South Dakota Codified Laws 22-25-14.1 |
| Vermont | Machines Manufactured Pre 1954 | Vermont Statutes Title 13, Ch. 51, Sec 2135 |
| Washington | Machines 25 years + | Revised Code of Washington 9.46.235 |
| Washington, DC | Machines Manufactured Pre 1952 | District of Columbia 22-1704 |
| Wyoming | Machines 25 years + | Wyoming Statute 6-7-101 |
| Alabama | Prohibited | AL Code Section 13A, Chapter 12, Article 2 |
| Connecticut | Prohibited | Connecticut Chapter 946, Section 53-278a |
| Hawaii | Prohibited | Hawaii Statutes 712-1226 |
| Indiana | Prohibited | Indiana Code 35-45-5-4 |
| Nebraska | Prohibited | Nebraska Revised Statutes Section 28-1107 |
| New Mexico | Prohibited | NM Gaming Control Bd. v. Ten Gaming Devices |
| South Carolina | Prohibited | South Carolina Code 12-21-2710 |
| Tennessee | Prohibited | Tennessee Code 39-17-505 |
| Wisconsin | Prohibited | Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 945 |