Webb v. City of Rossville

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

John Webb sought declaratory judgment to determine whether certain video poker game machines which he furnishes to businesses in Walker County, Georgia, are “gambling devices” according to OCGA § 16-12-20 and thus subject to confiscation under state law. The City of Rossville received a complaint that a minor had operated one of the machines at a service station and was paid in quarter dollars by the store proprietor for receiving a winning hand from the machine. The City of Rossville proposed to confiscate all the video poker machines distributed by Webb, whether…