1. “Antique slot machine” means a slot machine which is twenty-five years old or older. 2. “Gambling device” means a device used or adapted or designed to be used for gambling andincludes, but isnot limited to, roulette wheels, klondiketables, punchboards, faro layouts, keno layouts, numbers tickets, slotmachines, pachislo skill-stop machine or any other similar machine or device, push cards, jar tickets and pull-tabs. However, “gambling device” does not include an antique slot machine, or any device regularly manufactured and offered for sale and sold as a toy,except that any use of such a toy or antique slot machine for gambling purposes constitutes unlawful gambling. 3. A person who, in any manner or for any purpose, except under a proceeding to destroy the device, has in possession or control a gambling device isguilty of a serious misdemeanor. 4. This chapter does not prohibit the possession of gambling devices by a manufacturer or distributor ifthe possession is solely for sale out of the state in another jurisdiction where possession of the device islegal or for sale in the state or use in the state if the use islicensed pursuant to either chapter 99B or chapter 99G. [S13, §4965-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13210; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, §726.5; C79, 81, §725.9] Possessionofgamblingdevices,seechapter99A
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