Legal Question in Entertainment Law in California
Arcade Prize Machines
Is it illegal to use a device that aids the user in defeating an arcade machine? For instance, could Chuck E Cheese take legal action against me for using a device that helps me defeat one of those games that tests my reflex (by seeing how accurately I can stop a blinking light moving across the screen)?
By ''aiding the user'', I do not mean by physically tampering the machine. I mean a device that informs the user of the optimal strategy to use in order to defeat the game according to the circumstances. A really crude example would be, providing the user with a calculator while they are playing a game that tests their math ability.
Thanks for your help.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: Arcade Prize Machines
In Las Vegas the possession or use of such a device (to attempt to defeat a slot machine, a Flip-It, or other gambling game) would be a felony.
At Chuck E. Cheese (Las Vegas for kids) I don't know whether or not it would violate California law to have a device that would help you earn extra tickets by stopping the chasing lights at a winning point. Probably it would violate some law. But give me a break. All this effort, for what, to win a bigger kewpie doll?? Your kids miss you and your pizza is getting cold.
Re: Arcade Prize Machines
possession and use of a device such as you describe could be determined to be a violation of several laws. If used to defeat a secure system, it could wind you up in jail.
Re: Arcade Prize Machines
This isn't worth the complications it will cause, regardless of whether it is legal or not.
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