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Expert: - 7/12/2011


Question
IGT Red White and Blue Round Top
IGT Red White and Blue
My wife and I purchased a round-top red white and blue slot machine from a neighbor about 5 years ago and need to find out how old it is because we are in California and we want to sell it.  It is an IGT.  Can you give me any help to identify and also where and how I might be able to sell.  I am north of Sacramento CA.  Thank you.

Answer
Hi Rocky,

I can't tell from the photo just what model this is, but my guess is it's a IGT S-Plus machine and there not very old, perhaps in the 1986 vintage or in that area. I think you have the same 25 year old law as we have here in Washington or close to it. At one time people in California who wanted to own newer slot machines and maybe sell them to legal areas could meat the requirements, by just getting a D.O.J. (Department of Justice) letter of registration in a way making them a dealer, this is also still required to have for interstate transportation of gambling devices. That way they could be in possession of newer slots if there intent was to sell them to legal states or countries. If you buy a machine from a dealer in Nevada today, they will not give it to you, they will require shipping it to you, because they know you most likely do not have a D.O.J. registration for transporting it across state lines, a federal law. The laws there in California have recently changed and I am not sure just what they are any longer. So, your going to have to call your gaming commission or look up the law for yourself and see how it has changed. You might also try looking up slot machines on Crags list and see if it is common to be selling these newer machines, which in a way could be just safety in numbers. Your machine could also be the newer S2000 model, but I just can tell in the photo because these models all tend to look alike on the outside. You have a company in LA called LA Slots and they may be able to tell you more about your laws and how to tell just what model and year your slot machine is. At any rate, stay low keyed on how you market this so you don't bring attention to yourself, until you know more about what you can sell and own and what you can't, just to be on the safe side. Good Luck and I hope this points you in the right direction.

Thank You

Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com

Rodger Knutson

Expertise

I am an expert on old coin operated machines, slot machines, trade stimulator's, jukeboxes, old arcade machines, etc. I have been identifying these for people who respond to my web site listed below, for a few years now. In almost all cases I am able to tell them about their old coin operated machines, the year, the value, and other general information about their machines. I do not know much about soda vending machines, coin banks, or scales, but I will try to help you with these if I can. Please email photo's to: jackpot7@ix.netcom.com My web site is at: http://www.coinslots.com

Experience

I bought my first slot machine, a .50 Cent Mills Black Cherry in 1969 and have been hooked from that time, I still have that Slot machine! Before that I found a open barrel full of old scraped jukebox wall boxes behind a restaurant, I wanted them all but never took a one of them. Anything that took a coin drove me nuts!

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