Oklahoma § 21-987 Dissemination of gambling information.

Oklahoma Statutes

§ 21-987 — Dissemination of gambling information.

Oklahoma § 21-987

Title 21Crimes And Punishments

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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-987 (2026).

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A.Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to be used in making or settling bets. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events.

B.Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling information shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N 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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A. Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to be used in making or settling bets. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events. B. Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling information shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine of not more than Twenty- five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 395, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.