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rl <br />LAW OFFICES OF <br />L7�ETERSON, BELL & CONVERSE <br />1800 AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK BUILDING <br />101 EAST FIFTH STREET <br />ST. PAUL. MINNESOTA 55101 <br />224-4703 (612) <br />ER IN A. PETERSON <br />ROBERT C. BELL <br />WILLARD L. CONVERSE November 19, 1980 <br />ROGER A. JENSEN <br />KURT F. WALTHER <br />W. TIMOTHY MALCHOW <br />MARTIN J. COSTELLO <br />DAVID S. ANDERSON <br />Mr. Steve North <br />Assiostant City Manager <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Clavic Center Drive <br />Roseville, Minnesota 55111 <br />Re: Gambling Devices <br />Our File No,, MO-017 <br />a <br />You have requested an opinion concerning whether or not a mechanical game <br />which rewards players with tokens redeemable for merchandise is a gambling <br />device under the Minnesota Statutes. <br />a 9 <br />It is my opi F Mon that such a game is a "gambling device". <br />That term is defined in Minn. Stat. Section 325.53, as follows: <br />"'Gambling device' means slot machines, roulette wheels, <br />punch boards, number jars and pinball machines which <br />return coins or slugs, chips, or tokens of any kind, which <br />are redeemable in cash or merchandise." <br />That chapter authorizes the revocation of any license issued to a premises where <br />such a device is f ound, <br />The criminal statutes at Minn, Stat., Section 609.75, define gambling devices as <br />f 011OWS: <br />"A gambling device is a contrivance which for a con- <br />sideration affords the player an opportunity to obtain <br />something of value other than free plays, automatically <br />from the machine or otherwise, the award of which is <br />determined principally by chance." <br />ir,ossession of such a device is a gross misdemeanor. <br />If no charge is made f or the operation of the device, of course, it would not be <br />considered to be a gambling device, <br />Yours very <br />PETElfwS.-ON, B & COQI�VERSE <br />ML <br />