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Adult Arcade Trial Continues

Are they slot machines, or are they simply video games? That is the question that will haunt this trial. Gale Fontaine, owner and operator of the Tropicana Rec Room in Pompano Beach, is being charged with operating an illegal gambling house, violating lottery laws, and possessing a slot machine. She, of course, pleads not guilty, as she says the machines are just there for fun for the senior citizens who hang out in her establishment.

The seniors play the games for fun, and can earn prizes – as well as get a free hot lunch, for the low, low price of eight cents a turn. They don’t want them taken away, as the location has become a hang out for the seniors; it gives them something to do, and a place to hang out with their friends. However, the Broward State Attorney’s Office says that they are programmed to cheat players and that Fontaine is guilty and must close down the establishment.

Opening arguments were on Tuesday, and roughly twenty odd supporters and owner/operators of these adult arcades showed up for the trial. Lobbyists for the Florida Arcade Association were also on hand, as they support the slot machines in the arcades as well. Fontaine has been praised in the past as an advocate for seniors, but could be looking at up to 11 years in prison if convicted. Not only that, but a guilty verdict would change the way adult arcades continue.

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