15 U.S.C. § 1177

Confiscation of gambling devices and means of transportation; laws governing

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Any gambling device transported, delivered, shipped, manufactured, reconditioned, repaired, sold, disposed of, received, possessed, or used in violation of the provisions of this chapter shall be seized and forfeited to the United States. All provisions of law relating to the seizure, summary and judicial forfeiture, and condemnation of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage for violation of the customs laws; the disposition of such vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage or the proceeds from the sale thereof; the remission or mitigation of such forfeitures; and the compromise of claims and the award of compensation to informers in respect of such forfeitures shall apply to seizures and forfeitures incurred, or alleged to have been incurred, under the provisions of this chapter, insofar as applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof: Provided, That such duties as are imposed upon the collector of customs or any other person with respect to the seizure and forfeiture of vessels, vehicles, merchandise, and baggage under the customs laws shall be performed with respect to seizures and forfeitures of gambling devices under this chapter by such officers, agents, or other persons as may be authorized or designated for that purpose by the Attorney General.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 27 cases, 1952–1998 · leading case: United States v. One Hundred Thirty-Seven (137) Draw Poker-Type MacHines & Six (6) Slot MacHines, 606 F. Supp. 747 (N.D. Ohio 1984).

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United States v. One Hundred Thirty-Seven (137) Draw Poker-Type MacHines & Six (6) Slot MacHines, 606 F. Supp. 747 (N.D. Ohio 1984). · cites it 9× “The government then instituted this forfeiture action pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1177 . On August 3, 1983, Walter Lazuka and Walter Music & Vending Co.”

United States v. Various Slot MacHines on Guam, & Amanda Guzman Shelton, Claimant-Appellant, 658 F.2d 697 (9th Cir. 1981). “§ 1171 (a)(1) and (2) and subject to forfeiture under 15 U.S.C. § 1177 for violation of 15 U.S.”

United States v. Sam C. Martino, Joseph C. Russello & Rolando Gonzalez Rodriguez, 681 F.2d 952 (5th Cir. 1982). “§ 11 (forfeiture of property acquired in violation of anti-trust laws); 15 U.S.C. § 1177 (forfeiture of property used in connection with illegal gambling); 16 U.”

United States v. Various Gambling Devices, A. B. Fort, Claimant-Appellant, 478 F.2d 1194 (5th Cir. 1973). · cites it 2× “15 U.S.C.A. § 1177 . There is no indication that Congress intended to restrict forfeiture to only those machines which trigger the registration requirement.”

H. E. Bedenbaugh v. Nat'l Sur. Corp., 227 F.2d 102 (5th Cir. 1955). · cites it 3× “15 U.S. C.A. § 1177. See United States v.”

United States v. 294 Various Gambling Devices, 718 F. Supp. 1236 (W.D. Pa. 1989). “To be forfeited under 15 U.S.C. § 1177 , the government must establish that the machines were “transported, delivered, shipped, manufactured, reconditioned, repaired, sold, disposed of, received, possessed or used in violation of” some provision of the Act.”

United States v. Articles of Hazardous Substance, 444 F. Supp. 1260 (M.D.N.C. 1978). “§ 292 (gold or silver with words “United States assay” or similar words); 15 U.S.C. § 1177 and 18 U.S.C.A. § 1955 (gambling devices); 39 U.”

United States v. Two (2) Quarter Fall MacHines, 767 F. Supp. 153 (E.D. Tenn. 1991). · cites it 4× “The Government’s right to forfeiture rests on 15 U.S.C. § 1177 which provides in part that: Any gambling device transported, delivered, shipped, manufactured, reconditioned, repaired, sold, disposed of, received, possessed, or used in violation of the provisions of this chapter…”

United States v. One Elec. Pointmaker, 149 F. Supp. 427 (N.D. Ind. 1957). · cites it 2× “This is an action founded upon a Libel of Information seeking the forfeiture to the United States of One Electronic Pointmaker, Serial Number X550303, Joker Model, Code Number 221-8791, under the provisions of 15 U.S.C.A. § 1177 which had been seized within the jurisdiction of…”

United States v. One Bally Bounty In-Line, Bingo-Type, Multiple Coin, Multiple Free-Play Pinball Mach., Serial No. B799, 261 F. Supp. 187 (D. Maryland 1966). · cites it 2× “§§ 1171 and 1172 and thus possibly subject to confiscation under 15 U.S.C. § 1177 , it becomes incumbent upon the court to determine whether such a “gambling device” is “specifically enumerated as lawful in a statute” of the state into which it was *189 sent as set forth in 15 U.”

United States v. Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, 364 F. Supp. 192 (D. Mont. 1973). “It is beyond the power of the tribe to in any way regulate, limit, or restrict a federal law officer in the performance of his duties, and the tribe having no such power the tribal court can have none.”

Rice v. Walls, U.S. Dist. Atty. Puckett v. United States, 213 F.2d 693 (6th Cir. 1954). “The government contends that the slot machines were seized by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to the authority of 15 U.S.C.A. § 1177 (the Anti-Slot-Machine Act), as having been used in violation of that Act, which provides: “Any gambling device…”

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