<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><meta http-equiv='content-language' content='en-us'/><title>SDLRC - Codified Law 22-25-13 - Keeping slot machines--Free play machines excepted--Misdemeanor--Manufacture not prohibited. </title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.s2047487Normal { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047487SENU { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047487CL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047487Normal-000000 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.50in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047487DefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047487DefaultParagraphFont-000001 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } p.s2047487Normal-000002 { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; text-indent: 0.25in; text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; } span.s2047487000003 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047487SCL { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.s2047487SCL-000004 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } body { text-decoration-skip-ink: none; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="s2047487Normal"><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=22-25-13"><span class="s2047487SENU">22-25-13</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047487SENU">. </span><span class="s2047487CL">Keeping slot machines--Free play machines excepted--Misdemeanor--Manufacture not prohibited.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047487Normal-000000"><span class="s2047487DefaultParagraphFont">No person may have in his possession, custody, or under his control or permit to be kept in any place under his possession or control, any slot machine or device. A slot machine or device is any machine upon the action of which anything of value is staked and which is operated by placing therein or thereon any coins, checks, slugs, balls, chips, tokens, or other articles, or in any other manner as a result of such operation anything of value is won or lost by the operation of such machine, when the result of such operation is dependent upon chance. This section does not extend to coin</span><span class="s2047487DefaultParagraphFont-000001">-</span><span class="s2047487DefaultParagraphFont">operated nonpayout pin tables and arcade amusements, with free play features. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047487Normal-000002"><span class="s2047487DefaultParagraphFont">This section does not prohibit the manufacture, or any act appurtenant to the manufacture, of slot machines or devices in this state for distribution and sale.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047487Normal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047487000003"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="s2047487Normal"><span class="s2047487SCL">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="s2047487SCL-000004"> SDC 1939, §§ 24.0204, 24.9909; SL 1974, ch 166; SL 1976, ch 158, § </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/Codified_Laws/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&amp;Statute=25-4"><span class="s2047487SCL-000004">25-4</span></a><span class="s2047487SCL-000004">; SL 1989, ch 197, § 1.</span></p></div></body></html>