My 2 yr old likes to go over grandma's and play with her slot machine - it's a real casino type machine, but uses fake tokens. I took a picture of her and wanted to send it to the relatives, but I stopped and thought, is this legal??? Now before I get all the comments of "this might create a gambling addiction when she's older" - read up on the psychological term "Satiation Principle" before you post anything about that and you'll see why I don't mind her playing it. Anyway, I'm just more worried if there are any legal issues about the picture.
They are no legal issues since no money is changing hands. From a worry about a gambling addiction I was suggest against it. I am a recovering gambling addict and I remember seeing a slot maching on a ferry between the UK and Ireland and being obsessed with all the lights and colors. I understand the Satiation Principle but there are other way for a toddler to be amused.
I would forget sending it to anyone as you do not know what their reaction would be and don't want welfare agents to come knocking at your door. Too many people have different views of things and may not take the picture as you would want them to so I would just keep the picture as one of the keepsakes for the toddler to look at and tell her that is how she entertained herself at Grandmom's when she was a youngster
you are right to be worried. Only the gaming regulatory body for your jurisdiction can tell you officially if your grandma can legally have the machine. It varies between places. For example, in my jurisdiction, only casinos, clubs and pubs which hold a slot machine licence are able to have slot machines and it is illegal for anyone else to have one and they can be confiscated by the gaming regulator and you can get fined. the fact it uses tokens doesnt tell me too much since machines can use either coins or tokens. People don't always know about the rules prohibiting the ownership of slot machines cos you sometimes find old ones in junk shops, but if you were in my jurisdiction, the gaming regulator would come and take it from you regardless of whether you paid for it.
and if its not a real slot machine like a casino one it doesnt mean you're in the clear. it depends on how a "slot machine" is defined in the legislation.
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