The reconditioned machines were being sold for $295 to $500 each, Macon police Sgt. Duncan Matthews said Tuesday night. Five machines had been sold and carted off before officers confiscated the remaining machines, he said.

"They were all lit up, with all the bells and whistles, but they weren't playing them," Matthews said. "They were just for sale." Duncan said the machines were once used on casino boats.

No one has been charged in the incident, which is still under investigation by the Macon Police Department and the District Attorney's Office.

"The law says you can't have any part of the machines in the state," Duncan said. "It doesn't specify machines being used for entertainment purposes only."

Matthews said police received an anonymous tip that the machines were being sold in a booth at the fair. Police confiscated the machines shortly after 9 p.m. Tuesday.

"The guy running the booth said the machines belong to (a California company)," Matthews said. "But we believe they are actually owned by a Marietta company."

In July, it became illegal to own or operate video game machines such as video poker and slot-machine type games that paid cash winnings or coupons that could be redeemed for food, gift certificates or merchandise.

This is the second time Macon police have confiscated video poker machines since the law went into effect. On July 9, officers confiscated hundreds of video poker machines from a Third Street warehouse. Matthews said that case is also still pending. Although the confiscated machines had been stored in the same building where the machines seized Tuesday were being sold, Matthews said they weren't the same machines.

Harold Carlisle, executive director of the Georgia State Fair, could not be reached for comment late Tuesday.