South Carolina § 16-19-40 Unlawful games and betting.

South Carolina Statutes

§ 16-19-40 — Unlawful games and betting.

South Carolina § 16-19-40

Title 16CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Ch. 19GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES

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S.C. Code Ann. § 16-19-40 (2026).

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If any person shall play at any tavern, inn, store for the retailing of spirituous liquors or in any house used as a place of gaming, barn, kitchen, stable or other outhouse, street, highway, open wood, race field or open place at (a) any game with cards or dice, (b) any gaming table, commonly called A, B, C, or E, O, or any gaming table known or distinguished by any other letters or by any figures, (c) any roley-poley table, (d) rouge et noir, (e) any faro bank (f) any other table or bank of the same or the like kind under any denomination whatsoever or (g) any machine or device licensed pursuant to Section 12-21-2720 and used for gambling purposes, except the games of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts, or whist when there is no betting on any such game of billiards, bowls, ba

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If any person shall play at any tavern, inn, store for the retailing of spirituous liquors or in any house used as a place of gaming, barn, kitchen, stable or other outhouse, street, highway, open wood, race field or open place at (a) any game with cards or dice, (b) any gaming table, commonly called A, B, C, or E, O, or any gaming table known or distinguished by any other letters or by any figures, (c) any roley-poley table, (d) rouge et noir, (e) any faro bank (f) any other table or bank of the same or the like kind under any denomination whatsoever or (g) any machine or device licensed pursuant to Section 12-21-2720 and used for gambling purposes, except the games of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts, or whist when there is no betting on any such game of billiards, bowls, backgammon, chess, draughts, or whist or shall bet on the sides or hands of such as do game, upon being convicted thereof, before any magistrate, shall be imprisoned for a period of not over thirty days or fined not over one hundred dollars, and every person so keeping such tavern, inn, retail store, public place, or house used as a place for gaming or such other house shall, upon being convicted thereof, upon indictment, be imprisoned for a period not exceeding twelve months and forfeit a sum not exceeding two thousand dollars, for each and every offense.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 16-504; 1952 Code SECTION 16-504; 1942 Code SECTION 1738; 1932 Code SECTION 1738; Cr. C. '22 SECTION 720; Cr. C. '12 SECTION 704; Cr. C. '02 SECTION 506; G. S. 1715; R. S. 391; 1802 (5) 432; 1816 (6) 27; 1909 (26) 66; 1999 Act No. 125, SECTION 5.