§ 21-6406 — Commercial gambling

(a) Commercial gambling is knowingly:
(1) (A) Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
(B) receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;
(C) for gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
(D) conducting a lottery, or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; or
(E) setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or
(2) (A) granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as a gambling place; or
(B) permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a place under the offender's control.
(b) Commercial gambling as defined in:
(1) Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.
(2) Subsection (a)(2) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.

Legislative History

L. 2010, ch. 136, § 217; July 1, 2011.