West Virginia § 61-10-5 Betting on games of chance; furnishing money or thing of value therefor; penalty

West Virginia Statutes

§ 61-10-5 — Betting on games of chance; furnishing money or thing of value therefor; penalty

West Virginia § 61-10-5

Ch. 61CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT

Art. 10CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY

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W. Va. Code § 61-10-5 (2026).

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If any person at any place, public or private, bet or wage money or other thing of value on any game of chance, or shall knowingly furnish any money or other thing of value to any other person to bet or wage on any such game, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $300, and shall, if required by the court, give security for his good behavior for one year, and in default of the payment of such fine and the costs and the execution of such bond, if such bond be required, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

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If any person at any place, public or private, bet or wage money or other thing of value on any game of chance, or shall knowingly furnish any money or other thing of value to any other person to bet or wage on any such game, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than $5 nor more than $300, and shall, if required by the court, give security for his good behavior for one year, and in default of the payment of such fine and the costs and the execution of such bond, if such bond be required, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days.