22-25-13. Keeping slot machines--Free play machines excepted--Misdemeanor--Manufacture not prohibited.
No person may have in his possession, custody, or under his control or permit to be kept in any place under his possession or control, any slot machine or device. A slot machine or device is any machine upon the action of which anything of value is staked and which is operated by placing therein or thereon any coins, checks, slugs, balls, chips, tokens, or other articles, or in any other manner as a result of such operation anything of value is won or lost by the operation of such machine, when the result of such operation is dependent upon chance. This section does not extend to coin-operated nonpayout pin tables and arcade amusements, with free play features. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
This section does not prohibit the manufacture, or any act appurtenant to the manufacture, of slot machines or devices in this state for distribution and sale.
Source: SDC 1939, §§24.0204, 24.9909; SL 1974, ch 166; SL 1976, ch 158, §25-4; SL 1989, ch 197, §1.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 25 - Gambling And Lotteries
Section 22-25-6 - Unlawful betting on animal races as common nuisance--Petty offense.
Section 22-25-14 - Slot machine and premises public nuisance--Manufacture not prohibited.
Section 22-25-23 - Bingo defined.
Section 22-25-24 - Lottery defined.
Section 22-25-25 - Bingo and lotteries permitted for restricted purposes--Conditions.
Section 22-25-25.1 - Congressionally chartered veterans' organization defined.
Section 22-25-26 - Unauthorized bingo or lottery as misdemeanor.
Section 22-25-27 - Provision of chapter not applicable to state lottery.
Section 22-25-28 - Distributor defined--Exemption for rental of noncommercial use.
Section 22-25-29 - Manufacturer defined.
Section 22-25-32 - Certain organizations not to be distributors or manufacturers.
Section 22-25-33 - Certain persons not to have interest in distributorship or manufacturer.
Section 22-25-34 - Additional persons who may not have interest in distributorship or manufacturer.
Section 22-25-39 - Sales to out-of-state customers.
Section 22-25-40 - Delivery of equipment and supplies sold for in-state use.
Section 22-25-42 - Separate statement of rebates and discounts.
Section 22-25-43 - Limit on gifts, premiums, and prizes from distributors and manufacturers.
Section 22-25-44 - Use of deal of pull-tabs as sales promotion.
Section 22-25-45 - Return of equipment, supplies, and pull-tabs--Recordation of transaction.
Section 22-25-46 - Requirements for deal of pull-tabs.
Section 22-25-47 - Numbering of disposable bingo cards.
Section 22-25-48 - Tax imposed on distributors--Payment.
Section 22-25-50 - Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent violation as felony.