State v. Shaffer

A boxlike contrivance with machinery inside and a lever to operate it, which is “played” by dropping coins in a slot and pulling the lever, the person playing it winning or not, depending on the manner in which the inside mechanism performs, and which is designed for the purpose of gambling is “a gambling device or machine” per se and comes within the purview , of Section 13066, General Code. See Kraus v. City of Cleveland, 135 Ohio St., 43, 45, 19 N. E. (2d), 159, 160.

The state’s evidence herein shows that the instrument involved was in a conspicuous and accessible location in defendant’s…