No person shall keep, maintain, sell or permit to be operated any machine which has
been converted into an automatic payoff device which shall discharge coins, checks
or other tokens to the operator or player of such machine. No person shall convert
any machine into an automatic payoff device. Provided, however, machines which, based
on the skill of the player, discharge tickets, tokens, merchandise or any other thing
of value which has a wholesale value no greater than ten times the cost to play or
operate the machine a single time, but not to exceed $10.00 may be kept, maintained
or operated subject to the provisions of this article.
