The attorney general is also cracking down on a new type of game he says violates Kentucky law, the so-called risk free or no risk games are quickly popping up across the state.

Attorney General Coleman says the games should be considered gray machines that are therefore illegal in the state.

The general Assembly passed a law last year outlawing the slot style video games.

Before that, Backer said they were games of skill, making them legal.

But critics said they were games of chance, making them illegal.

This week, Coleman sent an advisory to police chiefs, sheriffs and Commonwealth's attorneys, empowering them to investigate and prosecute violators.

His advisory said, quote, The law is clear.

Gray machines and other games like them are illegal gambling devices that have no place in Kentucky will uphold the law passed by our Commonwealth's policy makers in the General Assembly and quote an attorney for one of the companies making the Games.

Told Kentucky Public Radio that their machines would be removed from Kentucky stores by the close of business yesterday.