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Chapter 609
Section 609.755
Recent History
- 1994 609.755 Amended 1994 c 633 art 4 s 10
This is an historical version of this statute chapter. Also view the most recent published version.
609.755 ACTS OF OR RELATING TO GAMBLING.
Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) makes a bet;
(2) sells or transfers a chance to participate in a lottery;
(3) disseminates information about a lottery, except a lottery conducted by an adjoining state,
with intent to encourage participation therein;
(4) permits a structure or location owned or occupied by the actor or under the actor's control
to be used as a gambling place; or
(5) except where authorized by statute, possesses a gambling device.
Clause (5) does not prohibit possession of a gambling device in a person's dwelling for
amusement purposes in a manner that does not afford players an opportunity to obtain anything of
value.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.755; 1971 c 23 s 76; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 47;
1994 c 633 art 4 s 10
Whoever does any of the following is guilty of a misdemeanor:
(1) makes a bet;
(2) sells or transfers a chance to participate in a lottery;
(3) disseminates information about a lottery, except a lottery conducted by an adjoining state,
with intent to encourage participation therein;
(4) permits a structure or location owned or occupied by the actor or under the actor's control
to be used as a gambling place; or
(5) except where authorized by statute, possesses a gambling device.
Clause (5) does not prohibit possession of a gambling device in a person's dwelling for
amusement purposes in a manner that does not afford players an opportunity to obtain anything of
value.
History: 1963 c 753 art 1 s 609.755; 1971 c 23 s 76; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 336 art 2 s 47;
1994 c 633 art 4 s 10
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