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OH: Gambling Machines Are Back With Gas Card Payouts

Wonder how no free gas is going to go over with those folks in Ohio.  From the Columbus Dispatch:

CLEVELAND — Tic-Tac-Fruit, a gaming machine banned by the state in a gambling crackdown, is back in Cleveland bars, but this time, winners are taking home gas cards as prizes.

City bar owners, who received the machines about six weeks ago, say vendors have assured them the machines are legal. But the Ohio Department of Public Safety has issued citations throughout the state to liquor establishments that give away cash, gift cards or gasoline cards to winners, said Matt Lampke, assistant attorney general.

A bill passed by the state legislature in October tightened loopholes in a gambling regulation that had allowed touch-screen games of skill to pay off in cash. The new law unquestionably banned games such as Tic-Tac-Fruit.

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