Massachusetts § 1 Gaming or betting; forfeiture

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Gaming or betting; forfeiture

Massachusetts § 1

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title ICRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS

Ch. 271CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 1 (2026).

Text

Section 1. Whoever, on a prosecution commenced within eighteen months after the commission of the crime, is convicted of winning at one time or sitting, by gaming or betting on the sides or hands of those gaming, except as permitted under chapters 23K and 23N, money or goods to the value of five dollars or more, and of receiving the same or security therefor, shall forfeit double the value of such money or goods.

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Section 1. Whoever, on a prosecution commenced within eighteen months after the commission of the crime, is convicted of winning at one time or sitting, by gaming or betting on the sides or hands of those gaming, except as permitted under chapters 23K and 23N, money or goods to the value of five dollars or more, and of receiving the same or security therefor, shall forfeit double the value of such money or goods.