(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person who owns, manufactures, sells, transports, possesses or engages in any transaction designed to affect the ownership, custody, or use of a gambling device or gambling record, knowing that it is to be used in professional gambling, commits possession of a gambling device or record.

(b) The sale, transportation, manufacture, and remanufacture of gambling devices, including the acquisition of essential parts therefor and the assembly of such parts, is permitted, provided such devices are sold, transported, manufactured, and remanufactured only for transportation in interstate or foreign commerce when such transportation is not prohibited by any applicable foreign, state, or federal law. Storage of gambling devices is also permitted, but only for purposes of manufacturing, remanufacturing, and transporting such devices in interstate or foreign commerce when their transportation is not prohibited. Such activities may be conducted only by persons who have registered with the United States government pursuant to the provisions of 15 USC 24 as legal buyers. Gambling devices may not be sold for use in the state, regardless of where purchased, or manufactured, remanufactured, or stored for purposes of manufacture, remanufacture, and transportation in violation of any applicable state or federal law. For purposes of this subsection, the term "legal buyer" means a buyer who resides in another state or country which does not restrict the possession of the specific gambling device in question. (Code 1979, § 27-99; Ord. No. 95-52, exhibit A (§ 27-99), 9-11-1995)