Pennsylvania § 5514 Pool selling and bookmaking

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 5514 — Pool selling and bookmaking

Pennsylvania·Title 18 CRIMES AND OFFENSES·Part PART II·Ch. 55 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND·Subch. DEFINITION OF OFFENSES GENERALLY

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:

(1)engages in pool selling or bookmaking;

(2)occupies any place for the purpose of receiving, recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;

(3)receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the result of any political nomination, appointment or election, or upon any contest of any nature;

(4)becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or

(5)being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used or occupied for any of such purposes.

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A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:

(1) engages in pool selling or bookmaking;

(2) occupies any place for the purpose of receiving, recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;

(3) receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the result of any political nomination, appointment or election, or upon any contest of any nature;

(4) becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or

(5) being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used or occupied for any of such purposes.

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Legislative History

Cross References.Section 5514 is referred to in sections 911, 5708 of this title; sections 341, 13C71 of Title 4 (Amusements); section 5703 of Title 12 (Commerce and Trade); section 5552 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).