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Man Sold Illegal Slot Machines On eBay

LOUISIANA – As reported by the Louisiana Daily Advertiser: "An investigation stemming from October 2004 led to the arrest of an Indiana man who was selling illegal slot machines over eBay to people in 10 parishes.

"Indiana State Police arrested Michael Kimberling, 45, of Hymera, Ind., on a Louisiana warrant on March 29. Kimberling was running a company called Valley Sales and illegally distributing gaming machines into St. Martin, Lafayette, Vermilion, Lafourche, Rapides, St. Tammany, Natchitoches, Ouichita, East Baton Rouge and Jefferson Parishes. Each parish had a warrant out for his arrest for at least one count of illegal distribution of gambling devices, according to Trooper Willie Williams, spokesman for the state police.

"Louisiana law describes an gambling device as any slot machine or any machine with a cash payout device or releases free plays on the machine. These machines are illegal when not inspected and certified by the State's Gaming Agency, Williams said. The sale and later possession of those devices is just as illegal…"

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