Legal Opinion
Thomas Venezia v. Bonds Robinson, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1994No. 93-2448PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Thomas Venezia, who runs a vending and amusement business, placed three “video poker” machines with V.F.W. Post 4183 on Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. State agents believed that the machines were being used for gambling. Video games that swallow pocket change and “pay off’ in replays are unobjectionable; but if they (or the owners of the establishments) pay winners in cash or liquor, then they violate the law of Illinois. Agents of the Illinois Liquor Control Commission began to enforce regulations to the hilt, visiting the place so often that they became as well…
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