S.C. Code Ann. § 12-21-2797 – [Repealed, effective July 1, 2000] Operation of contraband or gray area machines; civil penalties; seizure and destruction

(A) A person in possession of, or allowing the operation of, a contraband or gray area machine at any place within the State after December 31, 1998, is subject to a civil penalty of not more than ten thousand dollars a machine. In addition, the machine may be seized by any law enforcement officer of the State or any of its political subdivisions.
(B) A machine seized under the provisions of this section must be taken before any magistrate of the county in which the machine was seized. The magistrate shall immediately examine the machine and, if he is satisfied that it is a contraband or gray area machine, shall direct that it be destroyed immediately. The magistrate, at his discretion, may order the department to have any laboratory under contract with it to examine the machine to assist in the determination as to whether or not the machine is a contraband or gray area machine.