240.26 PENALTIES.
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240.26 PENALTIES.
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Subdivision 1. Felonies.
A violation of the prohibition against accepting a bet in section 240.25, subdivision 1 , a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2 , clause (1), and a violation of section 240.25, subdivisions 3, 4, and 7 , is a felony.
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Subd. 2. Gross misdemeanors.
A violation of the prohibition against placing a bet in section 240.25, subdivision 1 , a violation of section 240.25, subdivision 2 , clause (2), and a violation of section 240.25 , subdivisions 5 and 6, is a gross misdemeanor.
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Subd. 3. Misdemeanors.
A violation of any other provision of this chapter or of a rule or order of the commission for which another penalty is not provided is a misdemeanor.
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Subd. 4. Prosecution by attorney general.
Notwithstanding section 388.051, subdivision 1 , clause (3), the attorney general has primary jurisdiction to prosecute felony violations of section 240.25, subdivisions 2, 3, 4, and 7 , and felony violations of section 240.25, subdivision 1 , when the bet was allegedly accepted on the premises of a licensed racetrack.