§ 21-991 — Betting or letting premises for betting on races.

Oklahoma § 21-991

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 21: Crimes And Punishments

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A. Except as provided for in the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act, it shall be unlawful for any person, association, or corporation: 1. To bet or wager upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of animals or beasts; or 2. To occupy any room, shed, tenement or building, or any part thereof, or to occupy any place upon any grounds with books, apparatus, or paraphernalia for the purpose of recording or registering bets or wagers or of selling pools, or making books or mutuals upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of animals or beasts; or 3. Being the owner or lessee or occupant of any room, tent, tenement, shed, booth, or building, or part thereof at any place knowingly to permit the same to be used or occupied to keep, exhibit, or employ any device or apparatus for the purpose of recording or registering such bets or wagers or the selling or making of such books, pools or mutuals, or to become the custodian or depository for gain, hire or reward of any money, property or thing of value, bet or wagered or to be wagered or bet upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of animals or beasts; or 4. To receive, register, record, forward or purport or pretend to forward to or for any racetrack within or without this state, any money, thing or consideration of value offered for the purpose of being bet or wagered upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of any animal or beast; or 5. To occupy any place, or building or part thereof with books, papers, apparatus, or paraphernalia for the purpose of receiving or pretending to receive or for recording or for registering or for forwarding or pretending or attempting to forward in any manner whatever, any money, thing or consideration of value, bet or wagered or to be bet or wagered by any person, or to receive or offer to receive any money, thing, or consideration of value bet or to be bet upon the result of any trial of speed or power of endurance of any animal or beast; or 6. To aid or assist or abet at any racetrack or other place in any manner in any of the acts forbidden by this section. B. Any person, association, or corporation convicted of violating the provisions of paragraph 1 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class D3 felony offense and shall be fined not less than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) nor more than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20P of this title. Any person, association, or corporation convicted of violating any provision of paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 of subsection A of this section shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or be imprisoned as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or both said fine and imprisonment. C. Any personal property used for the purpose of violating any of the provisions of this section shall be disposed of as provided for in Section 1261 of Title 22 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 1913, c. 185, p. 414, § 1. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 11, § 37, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 275, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 178, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 230, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 275 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.