Defensas sobre máquinas tragamonedas antiguas en Washington

Explicación Simple

Si tienes una máquina tragamonedas antigua y no la usas para jugar por dinero, puedes estar a salvo de problemas legales. Esto significa que puedes jugar con ella solo para diversión, sin arriesgarte a ser castigado.

Es como tener un coche clásico que solo usas para paseos los fines de semana. Aunque esté registrado, si no lo usas para carreras ilegales, no tendrás problemas con la ley.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene una máquina tragamonedas de 30 años y la tiene en su sala de estar. Solo la muestra a sus amigos y les permite jugar sin apuestas. Si la policía la confisca, Juan puede demostrar que nunca la usó para jugar por dinero y podría recuperarla.

Penalidades

Si transmites información de juegos de azar de manera ilegal, podrías enfrentarte a un delito grave, con penas según la ley.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9.46.235 - Slot machines, antique -- Defenses concerning -- Presumption created (1) For purposes of a prosecution under RCW 9.46.215 or a seizure, confiscation, or destruction order under RCW 9.46.231, it shall be a defense that the gambling device involved is an antique slot machine and that the antique slot machine was not operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's or defendant's possession. Operation of an antique slot machine shall be only by free play or with coins provided at no cost by the owner. No slot machine, having been seized under this chapter, may be altered, destroyed, or disposed of without affording the owner thereof an opportunity to present a defense under this section. If the defense is applicable, the antique slot machine shall be returned to the owner or defendant, as the court may direct.(2) RCW 9.46.231 shall have no application to any antique slot machine that has not been operated for gambling purposes while in the owner's possession.(3) For the purposes of this section, a slot machine shall be conclusively presumed to be an antique slot machine if it is at least twenty-five years old.(4) RCW 9.46.231 and 9.46.215 do not apply to gambling devices on board a passenger cruise ship which has been registered and bonded with the federal maritime commission, if the gambling devices are not operated for gambling purposes within the state. RCW 9.46.240 - Gambling information, transmitting or receiving Whoever knowingly transmits or receives gambling information by telephone, telegraph, radio, semaphore, the internet, a telecommunications transmission system, or similar means, or knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of gambling information shall be guilty of a class C felony subject to the pen