Question juridique clé
Whether the appellant's alteration and operation of the gaming machines violated the transitional rules under the Gambling Act
Solution extraite
Yes. The machines were altered during the transitional period, which was not permitted; the conviction for repeated violation of Art. 56 Abs. 1 lit. a SBG stood.
Motifs extraits
The transitional regime allowed continued operation only unchanged. Even if some changes might have been covered by the earlier homologation, the decisive point was that the appellant knowingly caused alterations, which removed the machines from the transitional exception and made operation outside a casino unlawful.