Police seize 56 video poker machines at State Fair
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Posted 11:29AM on Wednesday, September 25, 2002
MACON - Macon police have seized 56 video poker machines from a vendor at the Georgia State Fair. <br>
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Police say the reconditioned machines seized Tuesday were being sold for $295-$500 each. Sergeant Duncan Matthews says five machines had been sold and taken away before officers confiscated the remaining machines. <br>
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He says the machines had been used on casino boats. <br>
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No one has been charged in the case. It remains under investigation by police and the district attorney's office. <br>
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Duncan says the law stipulates you can't have any part of the machines in the state. <br>
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People were not playing the machines at the fair. Police say the machines were lighted up and offered for sale. <br>
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Matthews said police received an anonymous tip that the machines were being sold in a booth at the fair and confiscated them just after 9 p.m.