"IV. An antique gambling machine in the possession of a collector and which is not maintained or operated for gambling purposes shall not be subject to the provisions of this section."

New Hampshire is a 25-year state. Your slot dealer was going on old information (which may have been correct at the time you purchased your machine).

1982 or earlier and it's legal as an antique...video poker or slot. But you did state that you purchased your machine around four years ago, so the information you received may have been correct then, but it's 2007 now.

As I stated earlier, many dealers do not keep up with the laws. NY was a pre-1941 state for many years. They briefly made it a 25 year state, and now it's 30 again. Certain affirmative defenses do exist. Every time I receive the NYS Penal Law supplements, they've changed something.

You might want to print out the NH laws in the link I provided http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/LXII/647/647-2.htm

MP