5:8-113. Exceptions; playing other games or devices for money Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize the playing for money, or other valuable thing at roulette wheels, at cards, dice or other game, with 1 or more dice, or with any other instrument, engine or device in the nature of dice, having 1 or more figures or numbers, or at billiards, pool, tennis, bowls, or shuffleboard, or A.B.C. or E.O. tables, or at faro bank, or other bank of a like nature by whatever name known, or with any slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine. Nothing contained in this act shall be deemed to authorize bookmaking, off-track betting, pool selling, or the keeping of a gambling resort, or the racing for money or other valuable thing, by running, pacing or trotting of horses, mares or geldings, or the making or acceptance of any wager for money or other valuable thing conditioned in any way upon any occurrence at or upon the outcome of any athletic or sporting game or contest in which the person or player does not actively participate. For the purpose of this section 'slot machines' or 'devices in the nature of slot machines' are defined to be machines which operate ntest in which the person or player does not actively participate. For the purpose of this section 'slot machines' or 'devices in the nature of slot machines' are defined to be machines which operate mechanically, with the result principally controlled by the mechanical operation of the machines. L.1959, c. 109, p. 515, s. 14.
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