Floridians: Laptops & Smartphones Banned!

[Corrine]

Yup, that is what it sounds like from the wording. In an effort to ban electronic gambling machines, the following wording was included in the bill to define slot machines:

any machine or device or system or network of devices that is adapted for use in such a way that, upon activation, which may be achieved by, but is not limited to, the insertion of any piece of money, coin, account number, code, or other object or information, such device or system is directly or indirectly caused to operate or may be operated and if the user, whether by application of skill or by reason of any element of chance or any other outcome unpredictable by the user.

More at C|Net: Did Florida just ban all smartphones and laptops? | Technically Incorrect.

 

[Temmu]

it's amazing the weird laws our politicians manage to pass.

 

[jcgriff2]

W O W !!