Police seize 56 video poker machines at State Fair

MACON - Macon police have seized 56 video poker machines from a vendor at the Georgia State Fair. <br> <br> 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> <br> He says the machines had been used on casino boats. <br> <br> No one has been charged in the case. It remains under investigation by police and the district attorney&#39;s office. <br> <br> Duncan says the law stipulates you can&#39;t have any part of the machines in the state. <br> <br> People were not playing the machines at the fair. Police say the machines were lighted up and offered for sale. <br> <br> 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.

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