PEOPLE EX REL. LOCKYER v. PGT

No. B134202.

98 Cal.Rptr.2d 400 (2000)

82 Cal.App.4th 699

The PEOPLE ex rel. Bill LOCYER, as Attorney General, etc., Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PACIFIC GAMING TECHNOLOGIES, Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division One.

Review Denied November 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Richard Frank, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Sara J. Drake, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Timothy M. Muscat, Deputy Attorney General, for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Edward J. Horowitz, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent.


MIRIAM A. VOGEL, J.

Pacific Gaming Technologies (PGT) places VendaTel vending machines in bus stations, truck stops, and other places where people are likely to buy prepaid telephone calling cards. Unlike ordinary vending machines, the VendaTel has a "sweepstakes" feature that pays out money. The VendaTel looks like a slot machine. It acts like a slot machine. It sounds like a slot machine. The trial court nevertheless said that it is not a slot machine. In our view...

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