Chapter 24, Section 1175, Subsection (c) · 15 U.S.C. Chapter 24 — TRANSPORTATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES

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(c)

(1)With respect to a vessel operating in Alaska, this section does not prohibit, nor may the State of Alaska make it a violation of law for there to occur, the repair, transport, possession, or use of any gambling device on board a vessel which provides sleeping accommodations for all of its passengers and that is on a voyage or segment of a voyage described in paragraph (2), except that such State may, within its boundaries—

(A)prohibit the use of a gambling device on a vessel while it is docked or anchored or while it is operating within 3 nautical miles of a port at which it is scheduled to call; and

(B)require the gambling devices to remain on board the vessel.

(2)A voyage referred to in paragraph (1) is a voyage that—

(A)includes a stop in Canada or in a State other than the State of Alaska;

(B)includes stops in at least 2 different ports situated in the State of Alaska; and

(C)is of at least 60 hours duration.

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boundaries
has the same meaning given that term in section 1301 of title 43.
gambling device
means—
interstate or foreign commerce
means commerce (1) between any State or possession of the United States and any place outside of such State or possession, or (2) between points in the same State or possession of the United States but through any place outside thereof.
intrastate commerce
means commerce wholly within one State or possession of the United States.
possession of the United States
means any possession of the United States which is not named in paragraph 1 (b) of this section.
State
includes the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.