15 USC 1172 - Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 28, 2026

§ 1172.

Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

(a)

General rule

(b)

Authority of Federal Trade Commission

(c)

Exception

This section does not prohibit the transport of a gambling device to a place in a State or a possession of the United States on a vessel on a voyage, if—

(1)

use of the gambling device on a portion of that voyage is, by reason of subsection (b) of section 1175 of this title, not a violation of that section; and

(2)

the gambling device remains on board that vessel while in that State.

(Jan. 2, 1951, ch. 1194, § 2,

cite as: 15 USC 1172