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because they claimed they were really just a lottery that looks like a slot machine.

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Did they actually claim slot machines to be like lottery but with machines? Thats quite amusing...So a mindless game which is PURE GAMBLING in which you just endlessly throw 10c/25c/$1 coins into a machine and pull a handle is NOT considered gambling.

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It's not that the "video lottery terminals" aren't gambling, it's that they are a form of lottery and therefor the legislation authorizing them is not unconstitutional under the NY State Constitution because the constitutional prohibition of legalized gambling specifically exempts the lottery.