The machines targeted by the crooks usually dole out tickets that can be redeemed for small prizes, since Texas law forbids gaming devices from paying out cash. The machines are also known as eight-liners because of their eight pay lines.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nTherefore, prizes must be cashless and worth no more than $5, or 10 times the cost to play the game, to be legal under state law. This is known as the \u201cfuzzy animal exception,\u201d a 1993 Texas Supreme Court ruling that clarifies that amusement games that award low-value prizes or tickets are legal.<\/p>\n
Some operators break the law by offering illegal cash prizes, which is why raids of the type conducted by the two imposters are not unheard of — although these would normally be carried out by a local police department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Investigators from the Texas Gaming Commission seized gambling machines known as eight-liners from Houston-area businesses last month. They said the machines were involved in illegal gambling. The only problem is that the Texas Gaming Commission does not exist. Meanwhile, impersonating a public servant is a third-degree felony punishable up to ten years in prison. Houston […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":156081,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69293],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Crooks Steal Eight Liner Machines by Posing as Gaming Commission<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n