For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definition shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COIN-OPERATED AMUSEMENT DEVICE. Any machine which, upon the insertion of a coin or slug, operates or may be operated as a game or contest of skill or amusement of any description, and which contains no automatic payoff device for the return of money, coins, checks, tokens, or merchandise, or which provides for no such payoff by any other means, and which in itself does not constitute a gambling device. The term shall also include any machine or apparatus which is used or may be used as a game of skill or amusement and in which the player propels any ball or other device by any force exerted by himself or herself, or in which the player uses or directs any force generated by the device itself.
(1969 Code, § 4-135)