Oklahoma § 21-982 Commercial gambling.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-982 — Commercial gambling.

Oklahoma·Title 21 Crimes And Punishments

A.Commercial gambling is: 1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place; 2. 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; 3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet; 4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; 5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or 6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business.

B.Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or

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A. Commercial gambling is: 1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place; 2. 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; 3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet; 4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; 5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or 6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business. B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

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Legislative History

Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 174, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 229, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.