528.020 Promoting gambling in the first degree.
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(1)A person is guilty of promoting gambling in the first degree when he knowingly
advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:
(a)Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he employs or utilizes three or
more persons in a bookmaking activity and receives or accepts in any one day
bets totaling more than $500; or
(b)Receiving in connection with a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise:
1. Money or written records from a person other than a player whose
chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or
2. More than $500 in any one day of money played in the scheme or
enterprise; or
(c)Setting up and operating a gambling device.
(2)Promoting gambling in the first degree is a Class D felony.