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Some gas stations and convenience stores in Georgia are harboring a secret: They are paying out cash on coin-operated amusement machines (COAMs).
While the video slots are legal in the state, paying out money on them isn't because gambling is illegal in Georgia under a 2013 state law, reports Fox 28 Media.
Under the law, COAMs are legal as long as they're registered through the Georgia Lottery. But rather than receiving money for winning on the machines, people can win only lottery tickets and store credits. Nevertheless, a significant number of stores are paying out cash, according to Eric Groh, president of the Georgia Council on Problem Gambling.
The implications are obvious, Groh says.
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services on Friday banned the operation of the slot machines that at least one politically connected company has installed at scores of gas stations. In other words, the so-called 'Pow'r Up' machines at some local gas stations 'are kind of like slot machines,' according to Milwaukee County Circuit Judge John DiMotto. The GBI received numerous complaints about illegal slot machines at the Chevron station, as well as the Shell fueling station on Commerce Drive in Villa Rica. Jones was there as agents executed a.
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- PSP'S Miller, for one, worries the market is reaching a tipping point where liquor licensees feel they have to install the machines because everybody else - even gas stations - has them.
Gamblers that I talk with seeking help with machines report that they can go to most stores and get cash payout.
Of course, while it's illegal, video slots are big business. So much so, that the GBI Commercial Gambling Unit states that last year people in Georgia put $2.5bn (£1.9bn) into the machines and won back about $1.8bn (£1.4bn) worth of credits.
While the GBI doesn't know the exact figure that is paid out in cash, they are aware of people using them to win money. For some, though, the fact that they are using these machines could eventually lead to a gambling addiction, said Groh, adding that 'gambling addiction, in general, is a dirty secret anywhere around the country including Georgia.'
Gambling takes a dark turn
While gambling may be an innocent activity for many people, for countless others there are repercussions, particularly when events turn violent.
For instance, a 95-year-old man was knocked down in Australia last month and thieves stole AU$6,250 (£3,400; $4,300) of his life savings to then gamble it all away at The Star Sydney casino.
In a more recent case, poker pro Joe Salvaggi was robbed at gunpoint outside the World Series of Poker venue in Las Vegas during the early hours of Monday morning. It's not known how much money was stolen from him, but he took to Twitter to state that a guy demanded his backpack 'with thousands in it.'
In an even more sinister turn of events, a 47-year-old chef stabbed and killed his wife after losing thousands on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). According to a report, the man, who was known as the 'angry Indian' because of his outbursts when he lost, 'cut, stabbed, slashed, or chopped' at his wife 58 times when they had a row about money.
These are just a few examples of when people who have gambling problems take drastic action in order to get the money they need to continue placing bets. It may start out as something fun, but it just shows how quickly things can spiral out of control as well.
In the case of the COAMs, it may be a little entertainment for some people, but for others it could turn into something worse.
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Alaska: Holiday
Alabama: Raceway
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Arkansas: Casey's General Store
Arizona: QuikTrip
California: Fastrip
Colorado: Kum & Go
Connecticut: Cumberland Farms
Delaware: Wawa
Florida: Wawa
Georgia: QuikTrip
Hawaii: Shell
Idaho: Phillips 66
Illinois: Kelley's Market
Indiana: Casey's General Store
Iowa: Casey's General Store
Kansas: QuikTrip
Kentucky: Murphy USA
Louisiana: RaceTrac
Massachusetts: Cumberland Farms
Maryland: Wawa
Maine: Shell
Michigan: Meijer
Minnesota: Kwik Trip
Missouri: QuikTrip
Mississippi: Murphy USA
Montana: Town Pump
North Carolina: QuikTrip
North Dakota: Tesoro
Nebraska: Kum & Go
New Hampshire: Irving
New Jersey: Wawa
New Mexico: Conoco
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Nevada: Chevron
New York: NOCO Express
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Ohio: Sheetz
Oklahoma: QuikTrip
Oregon: Mobil
Pennsylvania: Sheetz
Rhode Island: Sunoco
South Carolina: QuikTrip
South Dakota: Casey's General Store
Tennessee: Speedway
Texas: QuikTrip
Utah: Holiday Oil
Virginia: Wawa
Vermont: Cumberland Farms
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Washington: Mobil
Wisconsin: Kwik Trip
West Virginia: Sheetz
Wyoming: Sinclair
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* Brands needed to have at least 20 locations in a state to be included in the analysis
* Data collection timeframe: March 2016 – Feb 28, 2017
Correction 2:50pm ET: Map has been updated with changes to Washington, Oregon and Nevada
