2007 Minnesota Statutes

349.31 GAMBLING DEVICE; POSSESSION OF.
    Subdivision 1. Intentional possession; willful keeping. The intentional possession or willful
keeping of a gambling device on a licensed premises is cause for the suspension or revocation of
any license under which the licensed business is carried on upon the premises where the gambling
device is found, provided that possession of gambling equipment as defined in section 349.12,
subdivision 18 , which is used for lawful gambling authorized by this chapter, and the manufacture
of gambling devices for use in jurisdictions where use of the gambling device is legal as provided
for by section 349.40 shall not be cause for revocation of a license.
    Subd. 2. Suspension and revocation of licenses. All licenses under which any licensed
business is permitted to be carried on upon the licensed premises shall be suspended or revoked
if the intentional possession or willful keeping of any such gambling devices upon the licensed
premises is established, notwithstanding that it may not be made to appear that such devices have
actually been used or operated for the purpose of gambling.
History: 1947 c 586 s 2; 1978 c 507 s 1; 1981 c 126 s 1; 1981 c 204 s 10; 1984 c 502 art 12
s 21; 1986 c 467 s 28; 1989 c 334 art 2 s 51; 1990 c 590 art 1 s 39; 1993 c 13 art 1 s 37