Idaho Statutes
§ 18-3801 — GAMBLING DEFINED
Idaho § 18-3801
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Bluebook
Idaho Code § 18-3801 (2026).
Text
"Gambling" means risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, the operation of casino gambling including, but not limited to, blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, bacarrat or keno, but does not include:
(1)Bona fide contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of entrants; or
(2)Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts; or
(3)Games that award only additional play; or
(4)Merchant promotional contests and drawings conducted incidentally to bona fide nongaming business operations, if prizes are awarded without consideration be
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Legislative History
[I.C., sec. 18-3801, as added by lst Ex. Session 1992, ch. 2, sec. 3, p. 5.]
Nearby Sections
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COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1002
PROOF OF COMMON BARRATRY§ 18-1003
PURCHASE OF EVIDENCE OF DEBT§ 18-1005
EXCEPTION TO PRECEDING SECTION§ 18-101
DEFINITION OF TERMS§ 18-101A
DEFINITIONS§ 18-101B
CRIMINAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO OUT-OF-STATE PRISONERS AND PERSONNEL OF PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES§ 18-102
SUFFICIENCY OF INTENT TO DEFRAUD§ 18-103
CIVIL REMEDIES PRESERVED§ 18-105
COURTS MAY PUNISH FOR CONTEMPT§ 18-106
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Bluebook (online)
Idaho § 18-3801, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/id/18-3801.