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Colorado Legislature Moving Against Slot Thieves30 January 2001DENVER, Colorado -- Jan. 30, 2001 -- As reported by the Associated Press: "Colorado has become a training ground for professional slot-machine thieves and a bill unanimously passed by a Senate committee Monday aims to rid the state of such criminals. "Senate Bill 46 would make it a felony, rather than a misdemeanor, to steal money from slot machines. "...Would-be thieves now are flocking to the state's gambling houses and using probes, slugs and other sly maneuvers to illegally milk the one-armed bandits, according to testimony before the committee. "Ninety percent of the people who steal from slot machines in the state's three gaming towns of Black Hawk, Cripple Creek and Central City come from out of state, said Tom Kitts, director of the Colorado Division of Gaming. ...The crime would carry a penalty of up to $100,000 in fines and a prison sentence of one to two years..." |