Intermountain Vending, which distributes the machines in Utah, said the actions by the attorney general’s office are “unwarranted and disappointing.” Also targeted are slot machines, where a person pays for a card, puts that card in the slot machine to play, and then gets a receipt at the end that sometimes results in a payout, Lucey told the paper. The main target of the probe are coin pusher machines where quarters are deposited in an attempt to knock other quarters off moving trays. Officials served about 160 warrants at across the state at gas stations, convenience stores, restaurants and anywhere else that has these games of chance, Leo Lucey, chief investigative officer for the Utah Attorney General’s Office told the Deseret News. The Utah Attorney general has targeted about 160 spots with illegal coin pusher and slot machines saying they violate the state’s gambling laws.
