Kernrechtsfrage
Whether receipts from slot-machine operations were exempt under Art. 14 ch. 19 OTVA because the respondent was the operator.
Extrahierter Entscheid
The exempt operations were carried out by Y. SA, not by the respondent; the respondent's activity was a taxable upstream rental of machines.
Extrahierte Begründung
The contractual and public-law framework showed that Y. SA provided the casino premises, actively supervised the games, and appeared to players as the operator. The respondent merely made machines available and collected receipts.