...We hold that it is not, and reverse the trial court's judgment to the contrary. The Video Poker Act was adopted by the legislature and signed into law on September 15, 2001, to be effective January 1, 2002. The act amends OCGA §§ 16-12-20, 16-12-35, and 48-17-1, by criminalizing the use and possession of video poker amusement machines....

...-12-35(d)(1)(B) "meaningless." State of Ga. v. Damani, supra at 117(1)(b), 681 S.E.2d 635. The Court of Appeals rendered its decision in June 2009 and we granted certiorari in January 2010. While this appeal was pending, the Legislature amended OCGA § 48-17-1, the definitional statute for the revenue chapter governing the taxation of bona fide coin operated amusement machines....

...16-12-35. A player may, but is not required to, exchange a score for rewards permitted by subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (d)(1) of Code Section 16-12-35 after each play. Ga. L. 2010, p. 470/SB 454 § 1. With this amendment to OCGA § 48-17-1, which specifically defines the language in OCGA § 16-12-35 at issue in these appeals, the Legislature clarified its intent as to the meaning of "a single play" both as it pertains to the statutory $5 cap placed on rewards of noncash merc...

...*149 The term some skill refers to a particular craft, coordinated effort, art, ability, strategy, or tactic employed by the player to affect in some way the outcome of the game played on a bona fide coin operated amusement machine as defined in paragraph (2) of Code Section 48-17-1....

...teria,' i.e., statutes relating to the same subject matter, must be construed together." Willis v. City of Atlanta, 285 Ga. 775, 776(2), 684 S.E.2d 271 (2009). This rule of statutory construction is particularly apt here where the newly enacted OCGA § 48-17-1(7.1) specifically references OCGA § 16-12-35 as the source for the term "single play" that it is defining....