Colorado legal term
Electronic gaming machine in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Electronic gaming machine” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Electronic gaming machine” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Electronic gaming machine" means an electrically or electronically operated machine or device that is used by a sweepstakes entrant and that displays the results of a game entry or game outcome to a participant on a screen or other mechanism at a business location, including a private club, that is owned, leased, or otherwise possessed, in whole or in part, by a person conducting the sweepstakes or by that person's partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, or contractors. (C.R.S. § 18-10.5-102)
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