Shapiro v. Moss

Peremptory mandamus order requiring the commissioner of licenses of the city of New York to issue forthwith to the petitioner an amusement center license for the operation of a pin or mechanical bagatelle game, known as “ The Sportsman,” reversed on the law and not in the exercise of discretion, with costs, and application denied, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. We are of the opinion that the element of chance in the operation of the machine now before us far outweighs that of skill. “ The test of the character of the game is not whether it contains an element of chance or an…