P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 82
The introduction, manufacture, possession, use or operation of vending machines that are used for games of chance or lotteries, and those known as slot machines and of any other sort, that are used for games of chance or lotteries in whatever form they are exploited, or any substitute thereof, shall be deemed to be illegal, and their introduction, manufacture, use, possession, or operation is hereby forbidden. Games of chance shall be deemed to be those that contain any of the following mechanisms or apparatus:
(1) An apparatus to accept wagers that are registered on a counter inside the machine.
(2) A mechanism to award cash prizes to the player, a coin dispenser (hopper) which awards the prize direct1y to the player, or a meter which can register or credit cash payments to the player.
(3) A knock-off switch to erase the credits once they are paid to the winning player.
(4) An apparatus or mechanism that causes the machine to function with total autonomy of the player for a predetermined cycle or space in time and which causes that the result of the game or operation of the machine is decided by chance or luck.
Any machine that does not have these mechanisms or apparatus shall be deemed as legal and shall be classified as “adult entertainment machines” as said term is defined in § 82a of this title.
History —Aug. 22, 1933, No. 11, p. 70, § 3; June 26, 1997, No. 22, § 1.