Jenner v. State

The fact that every person inserting a five-cent coin in the machine and pulling the lever thereof received the same articles of merchandise, that is, a package of candy mints, but that one person might receive in addition thereto certain metal *87tokens while others inserting a similar coin would receive with the candy mints no token at all, made the machine described in the question “a scheme or device for the hazarding of money or other valuable thing.” It is true that the metal tokens were plainly marked “For amusement only,” and had no redemption valué in money or merchandise, but these…