Trowbridge v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1963
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 1969
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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““ * * * The purpose of subsection (5) is clear. A pinball machine which only pays off in free games is not a gambling device and the person operating such a device, where the payoff is limited to the rewards given by the machine itself, may not be charged with violating subsection (1) * * *”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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