Tennessee Statutes
§ 39-17-502 — Gambling - Defenses
Tennessee·Title 39
(a)A person commits an offense who knowingly engages in gambling.
(b)It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section, which must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence, that a person reasonably and in good faith relied upon the representations of a gambling promoter that a gambling activity was lawful because it was an authorized annual event pursuant to title 3, chapter 17. It is not an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that a person engaged in a gambling activity that was not an authorized type of lottery game pursuant to title 3, chapter 17.
(c)The offense of gambling is a Class C misdemeanor.
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Legislative History
Acts 1989, ch. 591, § 1; 2004, ch. 476, § 3.
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