United States v. Two-Hundred-Ninety-Four Various Gambling Devices

OPINION

COHILL, Chief Judge.

In August 1989, the late Judge Gerald J. Weber issued an extensive Opinion in this case, concluding that most of the video poker machines seized here were subject to forfeiture under the Gambling Devices Act of 1962, 15 U.S.C. § 1171 et seq. United States v. 294 Various Gambling Devices, 718 F.Supp. 1236 (W.D.Pa.1989). Upon Judge Weber’s untimely passing, this matter fell to the undersigned.

We will not repeat the facts or the procedural history of this case. The prior Opinion contains a clear, concise recitation. 718 F.Supp. at 1239-1241. Suffice it to say that this…