Dec 27-31, 2024 Year End Appeal:
The Museum of the Game and The International Arcade Museum Library both launched great initiatives in 2024, but each is spending more doing so than they bring in. We're asking for your direct support for the New Year, as we'd like to sustain our momentum in 2025! Learn More
We are asking you to reflect on how valuable you find our offerings, whether you believe in arcade, coin-op, and video-game preservation, and whether you would be able to give at least $5. If you have given in the past and we still provide you with value, please kindly donate again. If you have never contributed, please consider joining our efforts today. If everyone reading this gave just $5, we'd be well on our way to reaching our goals. All that matters is that you choose to support our preservation efforts. Every contribution helps, whether it's $2 (a common first donation), $5 (the most common donation amount), $12 (the average), $20, $50, $100, or more.
Contribute To The Museum to support the encyclopedia, Arcade Map, Forums, and more --- Donate To The Library (501c3) to support eLibrary scanning projects and more
We are asking you to reflect on how valuable you find our offerings, whether you believe in arcade, coin-op, and video-game preservation, and whether you would be able to give at least $5. If you have given in the past and we still provide you with value, please kindly donate again. If you have never contributed, please consider joining our efforts today. If everyone reading this gave just $5, we'd be well on our way to reaching our goals. All that matters is that you choose to support our preservation efforts. Every contribution helps, whether it's $2 (a common first donation), $5 (the most common donation amount), $12 (the average), $20, $50, $100, or more.
Contribute To The Museum to support the encyclopedia, Arcade Map, Forums, and more --- Donate To The Library (501c3) to support eLibrary scanning projects and more
Slot Machines Ownership Laws by State
We believe all information here is correct however it is subject to change without notice. Please check your local laws. We assume no responibility for information that has changed or errors. In the past twenty years, it appears restrictions have been relaxed in places like Indiana, New Mexico, and Wisconsin, following collector friendlier laws passed in many states in the 1970s and 1980s.
Updated 5-24-2020
If you know of any corrections please let us know. Our contact information can be found at the bottom of our About Us page.
| State | Status | Code |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Restricted, Class 2 machines potentially legal | Code of Ala 13A-12-27 |
| Alaska | All Legal | Alaska Stat. 11.66.260 |
| Arizona | All Legal | ARS 13-3309 |
| Arkansas | All Legal | Ark. Code 5-66-104 |
| California | Machines 25 years or older legal | California Penal Code 330.7 |
| Colorado | Pre-1984 | CRS 12-47.1-103 |
| Connecticut | PROHIBITED | Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-278a |
| Delaware | Machines 25 years or older legal | 28 Del 904 |
| District of Colombia | Machines before 1952 | D.C. Code 22�1704 |
| Florida | Machines 20 years or older legal | Fla. Stat. 849.235 |
| Georgia | Machines Pre-1950 legal | O.C.G.A. 16-12-24 |
| Hawaii | PROHIBITED | HRS 712-1226 |
| Idaho | Machines Pre-1950 legal | Idaho Code 18-3810 |
| Illinois | Machines 25 years or older legal | 720 ILCS 5/28-1 |
| Indiana | Machines 40 yeras or older legal | Ind. Code 35-45-5-4 |
| Iowa | Machines 25 years or older legal | Iowa Code 725.9 |
| Kansas | Machines Pre-1950 legal | KSA 21-4306 |
| Kentucky | All Legal | KRS 528.080 |
| Louisiana | Machines 25 years or older legal | La.R.S. 15:31.1 |
| Maine | All Legal | 17-A M.R.S 952 |
| Maryland | Machines 25 years or older legal | Md. Ann. Code Art. 27 264B |
| Massachusetts | Machines 30 years or older legal | Mass. Ann. Laws Ch 271, 5A |
| Michigan | Machines 25 years or older legal | MCL 750.303 |
| Minnesota | All Legal | Minn. Stat. 609.755(5) |
| Mississippi | Machines 25 years or older legal | Miss. Code Ann. 27-27-12 |
| Missouri | Machines 30 years or older legal | 572.125 R.S. Mo. |
| Montana | Machines 25 years or older legal | Mont. Code Ann. 23-5-153 |
| Nebraska | PROHIBITED | R.R.S. Neb. 28-1107 |
| Nevada | All Legal | NRS 14.330(3) |
| New Hampshire | Machines 25 years or older legal | R.S.A. 647:2 |
| New Jersey | Machines Pre-1941 Legal | N.J. Stat. 2C:37-7 |
| New Mexico | Machines 25 years or older lega | NMSA 30-19-5(C) |
| New York | Machines 30 years or older legal | N.Y. CLS Penal 225.32 |
| North Carolina | Machines 25 years or older legal | N.C. Gen. Stat. 14-309.1 |
| North Dakota | Machines 25 years or older legal | N.D. Cent. Code 12.1-28-02 |
| Ohio | All Legal | ORC 2915.02(A)(2) |
| Oklahoma | Machines 25 years or older legal | 21 Okl. St. 964 |
| Oregon | Machines 25 years or older legal | ORS 167.147 |
| Pennsylvania | Machines 25 years or older legal | 18 Pa.C.S. 5513 |
| Rhode Island | All Legal | R.I. Gen. Laws 11-19-1 |
| South Carolina | PROHIBITED | S.C. Code Ann 12-21-2710 |
| South Dakota | Machines 25 years or older legal | S.D. Codified Laws 22-25-14.1 |
| Tennessee | PROHIBITED | Tenn. Code Ann. 39-17-505 |
| Texas | All Legal | Tex. Stat. 47.02(b)(1) |
| Utah | All Legal | Utah Code 76-10-1101(1)(b), 76-10-1105(1) |
| Vermont | Machines Pre-1954 legal | 13 V.S.A. 2135 |
| Virginia | All Legal | Va. Code 18.2-334 |
| Washington | Machines 25 years or older legal | Rev. Code Wash. 9.46.235 |
| West Virginia | All Legal | WV Code 61-10-1 |
| Wisconsin | Machines 25 years or older legal | WI Stat. 945.035(1) |
| Wyoming | Machines 25 years or older legal | Wyo. Stat. 6-7-101(a)(iii)(G) |