The Pinball Problem. Alternative Solutions

Abstract

Mr. Bilek is Chief of the Cook County (Chicago), Illinois Sheriff's Police Department. Chief Bilek received the B.S. degree in 1951 from Loyola University, Chicago, and the Master of Social Work degree in 1953 from Loyola University. He is a graduate of several courses in police science and administration and is presently an instructor at the University of Illinois, University of Louisville, and Northwestern University. He has also served as an instructor at Indiana University and St. Joseph's College, East Chicago, Indiana. Chief Bilek is currently Vice-Chairman of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Education and Training Committee. Mr. Ganz is a member of the Bar of the State of Illinois. Mr. Ganz received the B.A. degree in 1954 from Wabash College and the LL.B. degree in 1959 from the Harvard Law School. From 1959 to 1961, Mr. Ganz served as an Assistant State's Attorney in the State's Attorney's office of Cook County, Illinois. Both the technical and important distinctions between amusement and gambling pinball machines and the host of problems engendered by current attempts to regulate the manufacture and use of the devices are explored in this article. The authors offer alternative legislative solutions for the consideration of state and local law-making bodies and include model legislation developed after considerable law enforcement experience in this area.-EDITOR.