§ 1406 — Being concerned in interest in keeping any gambling device; class A misdemeanor

Delaware § 1406

• Jurisdiction: Delaware
• Title: 11
• Part: Delaware Criminal Code
• Ch. 5: SPECIFIC OFFENSES
• Subch.: Offenses Against Public Health, Order and Decency

Text

(a) A person is guilty of being concerned in interest in keeping any gambling device when:

(1) The person keeps or exhibits a gaming table, faro bank, sweat cloth, roulette table or other device under any denomination at which cards, dice or any other game of chance is played for money, or other thing of value or other gambling device of any kind whatsoever; or

(2) The person, with the intent that it shall be kept or exhibited for use by the public, buys, sells or distributes a gaming table, faro bank, sweat cloth or other gambling device; or

(3) The person is a partner or concerned in interest in the keeping or exhibiting of a gaming table, faro bank, sweat cloth or other gambling device.

(b) Being concerned in interest in keeping any gambling device is a class A misdemeanor.

(c) An antique slot machine, as defined in § 1405 of this title, is not a gambling device for purposes of this section.

Legislative History

11 Del. C. 1953, § 1406; 58 Del. Laws, c. 497, § 1 ; 67 Del. Laws, c. 130, § 8 ; 68 Del. Laws, c. 252, § 2 ; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1