Question of the Day - 22 September 2021

In Nevada, yes.

The owner of the machines can make up to two private sales every 12 months. The seller has to clear the sale with the Nevada Gaming Control Board, which has five days to approve or disapprove the transaction. As the prospective buyer, you have to provide your name, state of residence, address, telephone number, Social Security number, and driver’s license number. If you don’t have the latter two numbers, your date of birth may be substituted. 

The seller must specify how many slots are being sold, the serial number of each one, the model number of each, the date of manufacture, the denomination (penny, nickel, quarter, etc.), and the expected date and time of the sale.

Unless the buyer is already the holder of a Nevada gaming license, he or she must state under penalty of perjury that the slot will be used only for “lawful purposes.” (No running a slot route out of your garage.) You may own or lease gaming devices in your home “for the limited purpose of display or [private] use … as long as consideration is not directly or indirectly received for playing or owning the devices.”

Also, the last time we checked, 41 states allowed ownership of used slot machines for personal use. Nine states, therefore, have a total ban on buying and selling used gambling machines. Where they're legal, most states place restrictions on them, so be sure to check local laws before considering a purchase.