“Skill” Game Importation Prohibited
A Franklin County judge issued an injunction prohibiting Ohio Skill Games from importing any additional “tic-tac-fruit” machines into the state. An article in the Dayton Daily News suggests that the injunction will likely remain in place until the resolution of a lawsuit involving the state and several businesses that had previously installed the machines. A recent opinion by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro indicates that the games are actually prohibited under Ohio law as gambling devices. Ohio Skill Games disagrees, and is currently fighting to have the machines declared legal. The court also issued an order that prohibits the Ohio Department of Public Safety, which encompasses the Ohio Division of Liquor Control, from confiscating any additional machines until the lawsuit is decided.