21-6406. Commercial gambling.

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(a)Commercial gambling is knowingly:

(A)Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;

(B)receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so;

(C)for gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;

(D)conducting a lottery, or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; or

(E)setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or

(A)granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as a gambling place; or

(B)permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a place under the offender's control.

(b)Commercial gambling as defined in:

(1)Subsection (a)(1) is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

(2)Subsection (a)(2) is a class B nonperson misdemeanor.