Beamel Amusement Corp. v. Police Department

Gambling has been called a disease of barbarians, superficially civilized. In a legal frame of reference it is characterized in somewhat the same way, a play for value against an uncertain event in the hope of gaining something of value. Thus a gambling device is that which is utilized to facilitate the play for excess value.

*947Here we are concerned with 10 pinball machines seized by the Suffolk County Police Department from petitioner’s premises. Petitioner charges that the seizure was procedurally unlawful, and unwarranted as to these machines in any event since they were not and are not ‘ ‘…