Georgia Statutes

§ 16-12-22 — Commercial gambling

Georgia § 16-12-22

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O.C.G.A. § 16-12-22 (2026).

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(a)A person commits the offense of commercial gambling when he intentionally does any of the following acts:
(1)Operates or participates in the earnings of a gambling place;
(2)Receives, records, or forwards a bet or offer to bet;
(3)For gain, becomes a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
(4)Contracts to have or give himself or another the option to buy or sell or contracts to buy or sell at a future time any gain or other commodity whatsoever or any stock or security of any company, when it is at the time of making such contract intended by both parties thereto that the contract to buy or sell, the option whenever exercised or the contract resulting therefrom, shall be settled not by the receipt or delivery of such property but by the payment only of differences

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