§ 5-66-113 — Games of hazard or skill - Betting

(a) If a person bets any money or any valuable thing on any game of hazard or skill, upon conviction he or she is guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00). (b) In prosecuting under subsection (a) of this section it is sufficient for the indictment to charge that the defendant bet money or another valuable thing on a game of hazard or skill, without stating with whom the game was played.

Legislative History

Acts 1855, §§ 1, 2, p. 270; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2640, 2641; Pope's Dig., §§ 3330, 3331; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3262, 41-3263; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 36.