Somerville threatened with litigation over ban on eight-liners

Somerville’s interim city administrator Marty Mangum said the city is no longer enforcing the recently passed ban on eight-liners due to “pending litigation.”

At the city council’s Tuesday, July 28, meeting, a local store owner asked the council for clarification on the city’s rules regarding eight-liners.

Eight-liners are electronic gaming machines, similar to a slot machine, and are found in some …