Agents of the Federal Attorney General’s Office (PGR) confiscated a dozen coined-operated video game devices during a March 7 raid of the play area located inside Chapala’s Soriana supermarket. Officers said the action was prompted by an anonymous tip. The operation of the so-called tragamonedas (coin-gobblers) is prohibited by law on the premise that playing the gadgets is a highly addictive and wasteful pastime for children. However, the clandestine installation of such machines has become commonplace in scores of lakeside area mom-and-pop stores and thousands more small businesses across the nation as a method of generating extra off-the-books income.
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