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Are Gambling Machines Legal In Wisconsin Bars

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945.041(2)(2)Any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, constable or other municipal police officer or any person authorized to enforce the gambling laws under s. 165.60 shall within 10 days after acquiring such information report to the district attorney of the county the name and address of any licensee or permittee under ch. 125 who to his or her knowledge has knowingly suffered or permitted any device in sub. (1) or any horse race betting to be set up, kept, managed, used or conducted upon the licensed premises or in connection therewith upon premises controlled directly or indirectly by such licensee or permittee. Such officer or person shall also report to the district attorney knowledge of the circumstances and the name of the municipality or officer by whom the license or permit has been issued. Any other person may in writing and signed by that person report any such name, address and other information to the district attorney. Within 10 days after any report the district attorney shall institute a proceeding as hereinafter provided before the circuit court of the county or shall within such time report to the attorney general the reasons why such a proceeding has not been instituted. The attorney general may direct the department of justice or the district attorney to institute such proceeding within a reasonable time.
  1. There was no mention of gambling machine receipts in the Husher Pub & Grill police report. Pull-tab cards are illegal in Wisconsin, so are video gambling machines, but the state laws governing the.
  2. Video gambling machines are NOT legal anywhere in Wisconsin except in a lawful casino. A bar or tavern may have 5 or fewer machines for amusement only, which means that they must either be free to play or not provide anything of value as a prize. Any other machines are illegal at ANY location in Wisconsin.
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Poker with more than one deck. The state's 2017 gambling expansion law contained a broadened definition of slot machines that included the games of skill, which some state officials interpret as making them legal only in.





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