FRUIT MACHINES
GAMES OF CHANCE SAYS JUDGE.
(Per Press Association — Copyright.)
AUCKLAND, April 7.
The decision of Justice Herdman, delivered to-day, is that frjiit machines which are in operation in many Auckland tobacconists' shops are games ot chance. The Judge said that the machine was operated before him in Court;, and it seemed -to him that any dexterity exhibited by the operator did not dispose of the element of chance. The game was for all practical purposes one of pure chance.
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Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1933, Page 5
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81FRUIT MACHINES Hokitika Guardian, 8 April 1933, Page 5
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