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· 9/21/1983

Commonwealth v. Two Electronic Poker Game MacHines

Citations

  • 465 A.2d 973
  • 502 Pa. 186
  • 1983 Pa. LEXIS 674

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding an electronic gaming device a per se gambling device and that \[s]kill can improve the outcome in Electro-Sport; it cannot determine it\
  • identifying “the three elements necessary to gambling: consideration, a result determined by chance rather than skill, and a reward”
  • identifying “the three elements necessary to gambling: consideration, a result determined by chance rather than skill, and a reward”
  • applying the forfeiture provision of the Liquor Code to a gambling case
  • applying the forfeiture provision of the Liquor Code to a gambling case
  • wherein it was held that consideration was present because a player must insert a coin to activate the machine

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Roberts, Nix, Flaherty, McDer-mott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Larsen

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