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W <br />a "Ski'll Stop Mach e,. <br />(3) Witnesses for both thei City and the' Defense <br />testii f ied that, the di" iff erence between the "'Skill Stop Mach wine" <br />6 <br />and a, slot machinei are <br />(1) The "'Skill, Stop Machine" does not pay <br />out any, money e ithier directly or indirectly wherea <br />0 *1 <br />a slot, machine, does indeed spikit out money when <br />you, win <br />(1 2) On a "Skill Stop Machine" the player "controls" <br />the threei revolvinig d iscs and is able to stop these <br />d,i,scs, whien hie, the player,, believes the discs are in <br />%I "I <br />a wi,nn,ing formation. A slot machine player has no <br />control over thiese discs. <br />(3) The"onl,y award to the player on a "Skill <br />I & <br />Stop Machine" i,s the chance to win free games; <br />Slot machine is not defined 'in the State Statutes, City <br />Blacks Law Dict,2'.onary def,11"nes a slot machine as follows <br />Han applaratu-9 by which a person depositiong money <br />therein may, by chance, gei,t directly or indirectly <br />money or a,rlticilles of value worth either �more or <br />less than money deposited." <br />Also, the Federal Definon of a slot machiJi-ne is pertinent: <br />Minnesota follows the ma,3orityi of states in hold3*.ng that <br />the awardii; of free games does not constitute property or a thing <br />of value, McNeice v Minneapol Ins, 84 MI 2d 232. (1957) 0 1 <br />Accloirngly, applying the law to the facts of this casz <br />II <br />there is nio question tha,ti the "Skill Stop Machine" 'is not a slot <br />:M <br />