En Georgia, tener máquinas de juego ilegales es un problema. Si alguien es atrapado con una, no necesita demostrar que la usó para que sea ilegal.
Es como tener un coche robado en tu garage; no necesitas manejarlo para que sea un problema, solo tenerlo es suficiente para meterte en problemas.
Imagina que Juan tiene una máquina de póker en su casa. Aunque nunca la use, si la policía llega y la encuentra, puede enfrentar problemas legales solo por tenerla.
Las máquinas de juego ilegales pueden ser confiscadas, y sus dueños pueden enfrentar problemas legales significativos.
ted by law, and a device so kept being contraband, it is unnecessary in showing illegality of the device, to allege and prove a further violation of law by its actual operation. Elder v. Camp, 193 Ga. 320 , 18 S.E.2d 622 (1942) (decided under former Code 1933, § 26-6502). Mere keeping of a device for hazarding of money being prohibited by law, and a device so kept being contraband, it is unnecessary, in showing illegality of the device, to allege and prove a further violation of law by its actual operation. Miller v. State, 94 Ga. App. 259 , 94 S.E.2d 120 (1956) (decided under former Code 1933, § 26-6502). Search warrant was based on probable cause because Clayton County investigators purchased an illegal video poker machine from a subject in Clayton County, who said that the machine was obtained from a particular address in DeKalb County, and both DeKalb and Clayton investigators observed "several other illegal video poker machines" at that address; while the investigators could not tell from looking at the machines whether the machines were legal or not, the test was only whether the evidence established a fair probability that contraband would be found. Jones v. State, 276 Ga. App. 810 , 625 S.E.2d 4 (2005). Owner of seized gambling articles cannot bring action in trover. - When a sheriff finds articles kept for the purpose of gambling, an action of trover by the owner against the sheriff for their recovery will not lie, since courts are created for the upholding of law an
Si la máquina es ilegal, puedes tener problemas con la ley, incluso si no la usas. Es mejor deshacerse de ella.
No, no puedes demandar a la policía por quitarte artículos de juego ilegales. La ley está diseñada para mantener el orden.
Cualquier máquina o dispositivo que se use para jugar y que no esté autorizado por la ley es considerado ilegal.
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