United States slot machine ownership regulations by state

This is a list of potential restrictions and regulations on private ownership of slot machines in the United States on a state by state basis.

Laws restricting noncommercial ownership/use of mechanical & digital games of chance
StateLegal Status
 AlabamaClass II machines legal
 AlaskaAll machines legal
 ArizonaAll machines legal
 ArkansasAll machines legal
 CaliforniaMachines 25 years or older legal
 ColoradoMachines before 1984 legal
 ConnecticutAll machines prohibited
 DelawareMachines 25 years or older legal
 Washington, D.C.Machines before 1952 legal
 FloridaMachines 20 years or older legal
 GeorgiaMachines before 1950 legal
 HawaiiAll machines prohibited
 IdahoMachines before 1950 legal
 IllinoisMachines 25 years or older legal
 IndianaMachines 40 years or older legal
 IowaMachines 25 years or older legal
 KansasMachines before 1950 legal
 KentuckyAll machines legal
 LouisianaMachines 25 years or older legal
 MaineAll machines legal
 MarylandMachines 25 years or older legal
 MassachusettsMachines 30 years or older legal
 MichiganMachines 25 years or older legal
 MinnesotaAll machines legal
 MississippiMachines 25 years or older legal
 MissouriMachines 30 years or older legal
 MontanaMachines 25 years or older legal
 NebraskaAll machines prohibited
 NevadaAll machines legal
 New HampshireMachines 25 years or older legal
 New JerseyMachines before 1941 legal
 New MexicoMachines 25 years or older legal
 New York (state)Machines 30 years or older legal
 North CarolinaMachines 25 years or older legal
 North DakotaMachines 25 years or older legal
 OhioAll machines legal
 OklahomaMachines 25 years or older legal
 OregonMachines 25 years or older legal
 PennsylvaniaMachines 25 years or older legal
 Rhode IslandAll machines legal
 South CarolinaAll machines prohibited
 South DakotaMachines before 1941 legal
 TennesseeMachines 20 years or older legal, starting 7/1/2021(SB1258)
 TexasAll machines legal
 UtahAll machines legal
 VermontMachines before 1954 legal
 VirginiaAll machines legal
 WashingtonMachines 25 years or older legal
 West VirginiaAll machines legal
 WisconsinMachines 25 years or older legal
 WyomingMachines 25 years or older legal

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