Judge stops order to remove electronic gambling machines

Judge stops order to remove electronic gambling machines

COLUMBUS (AP) — A judge stopped the state today from enforcing an order that prohibits bars and other businesses from using electronic gambling machines, lawyers in the case said.

Judge Guy Reece of Frankling County Common Pleas Court granted a temporary restraining order to Ohio Skill Games Inc., which distributes the game Tic-Tac-Fruit, in which bettors try to line up pieces of fruit on a video screen.

Attorney General Marc Dann plans to appeal the restraining order, spokeswoman Jennifer Brindisi said.

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