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Ohio Still Working on Slot Machine Definitions

The state of Ohio has been trying to put their finger on what makes a game a slot machine and what doesn’t – and right now they are having a difficult time doing that. The people in the state of Ohio have been very clear about the fact that they are not interested in bringing slot machines to their state in small venues everywhere. They have approved slot machine casinos, but not smaller establishments. However, new skill based games seem to be walking the line between what is legal and what is not.

The Ohio Attorney General’s Office has been going after these various establishments that are offering the skill games and shutting them down as they say that they are running illegal slot machines instead. They just shut down several locations this past Friday and when they sent in their undercover officers they were paid in cash at four locations. This is obviously against the law. If this is true, then they are not only knowingly breaking the law, but they are facing a whole lot of trouble in doing so.

But there are some that have gotten legal representation as they say that the laws as they pertain to slot machines are not clear cut and are clearly open for interpretation. They say that the statute is poorly written and that the definition of skill is murky. They are confused as to what makes the slot machine legal. The wording says that if the player has the ability to influence the outcome of the machine then it is skill based; otherwise it is a slot machine. The problem with this is that there are many games that would be considered slot machines that are actually skill based. The business owners in the state simply want it to be made clearer so that they don’t break the law and get into trouble.

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