{"data":{"id":"us/15-u.s.c.-1178","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"15 U.S.C. § 1178","heading":"Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices","body":"None of the provisions of this chapter shall be construed to apply—(1) to any machine or mechanical device designed and manufactured primarily for use at a racetrack in connection with parimutuel betting, (2) to any machine or mechanical device, such as a coin-operated bowling alley, shuffleboard, marble machine (a so-called pinball machine), or mechanical gun, which is not designed and manufactured primarily for use in connection with gambling, and (A) which when operated does not deliver, as a result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (B) by the operation of which a person may not become entitled to receive, as the result of the application of an element of chance, any money or property, or (3) to any so-called claw, crane, or digger machine and similar devices which are not operated by coin, are actuated by a crank, and are designed and manufactured primarily for use at carnivals or county or State fairs.","path":["Title 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE","CHAPTER 24—TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc15@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:39Z","sha256":"e5da768ed3016a7beb6353aa2dbbe509a8fe87983c6729731029cfb5fc86612a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/15-u.s.c.-1177","next":"us/15-u.s.c.-1191"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}