15 U.S.C. § 1172 : US Code - Section 1172: Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

Search 15 U.S.C. § 1172 : US Code - Section 1172: Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission

(a) General rule
It shall be unlawful knowingly to transport any gambling device
to any place in a State or a possession of the United States from
any place outside of such State or possession: Provided, That this
section shall not apply to transportation of any gambling device to
a place in any State which has enacted a law providing for the
exemption of such State from the provisions of this section, or to
a place in any subdivision of a State if the State in which such
subdivision is located has enacted a law providing for the
exemption of such subdivision from the provisions of this section,
nor shall this section apply to any gambling device used or
designed for use at and transported to licensed gambling
establishments where betting is legal under applicable State laws:
Provided, further, That it shall not be unlawful to transport in
interstate or foreign commerce any gambling device into any State
in which the transported gambling device is specifically enumerated
as lawful in a statute of that State.
(b) Authority of Federal Trade Commission
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to interfere with or
reduce the authority, or the existing interpretation of the
authority, of the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade
Commission Act [15 U.S.C. 41 et. seq.].
(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.