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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1171', '§ 1171', '§ 1171', '§ 1', '§ 2', '§ 202', '§ 2', '§ 3', '§ 3', '§ 7', '§ 1', '§ 8']

15 U.S. Code § 1171 - Definitions | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 15 › Chapter 24 › § 1171 15 U.S. Code § 1171 - Definitions
The term “gambling device” means—
any so-called “slot machine” or any other machine or mechanical device an essential part of which is a drum or reel with insignia thereon, and (A)
which when operated may deliver, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B)
by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property; or
any other machine or mechanical device (including, but not limited to, roulette wheels and similar devices) designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A)
The term “interstate or foreign commerce” means commerce (1)
between any State or possession of the United States and any place outside of such State or possession, or (2)
between points in the same State or possession of the United States but through any place outside thereof.
(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 1,64 Stat. 1134; Pub. L. 87–840, §§ 2, 3,Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075; Pub. L. 102–251, title II, § 202(c),Mar. 9, 1992, 106 Stat. 62.)
1992—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 102–251added subsec. (f).
1962—Subsec. (a)(2), (3). Pub. L. 87–840, § 2, substituted provisions including machines and mechanical devices designed and manufactured primarily for gambling by the operation of which a person may become entitled to receive, as the result of chance, any money or property, for provisions which included machines or mechanical devices designed and manufactured to operate by inserting a coin, token, or similar object, in par. (2), and inserted “, but which is not attached to any such machine or mechanical device as a constituent part”, in par. (3).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, substituted “the District of Columbia” for “Alaska, Hawaii”.
Subsecs. (d) and (e). Pub. L. 87–840, § 3, added subsecs. (d) and (e).
Pub. L. 87–840, § 7,Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1077, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] shall take effect on the sixtieth day after the date of its enactment [Oct. 18, 1962].”
Pub. L. 87–840, § 1,Oct. 18, 1962, 76 Stat. 1075, provided: “That this Act [enacting section 1178 of this title and amending this section and sections 1172 and 1173 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Gambling Devices Act of 1962’.”
Act Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 8,64 Stat. 1136, provided that: “If any provision of this Act [this chapter] or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the Act [this chapter] which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Act [this chapter] are declared to be severable.”