When is it illegal to sell a slot machine?

[operator bell]

Heh - having gone back and read the rest of this thread, I'm glad I took the trouble to at least think of a name before posting - and I went on to register afterwards.

Perhaps the answer to the legal conundrum is a Private Member's Bill? That's how the laws were relaxed in the USA, when someone's important collection was threatened by California's $500 possession law ($500 fine per machine, per day, I believe). A law quickly passed in California to exempt machines over 25 years old. Of course in the USA anyone can just show up in broad daylight with a briefcase of cash and pay for a law out of pocket - in Britain it may be a bit more difficult, since your pols have at least heard of principles. But I bet with a bit of patience you could find a back-bencher willing to make the play, particularly in the dog days of an unpopular administration when there's nothing else much going on. It would probably pass on the nod.

[badpenny]

Thanks Operator Bell ......... Regarding the law and trying to change it, you have managed to succinctly point out what I have been rambling on about constantly in my various posts on this thread. Yay!!!!!