Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-956
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Permitting gambling in building or on grounds
Official statutory text
Every person who shall permit any gaming table, bank, or gaming
device prohibited by this article, to be set up or used for the
purpose of gambling in any house, building, shed, shelter, booth,
lot or other premises to him belonging, or by him occupied, or of
which he has, at the time, possession or control, shall be, on
conviction thereof, adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished
by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), nor less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term not exceeding six (6) months nor less than thirty (30)
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days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.
device prohibited by this article, to be set up or used for the
purpose of gambling in any house, building, shed, shelter, booth,
lot or other premises to him belonging, or by him occupied, or of
which he has, at the time, possession or control, shall be, on
conviction thereof, adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished
by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), nor less than
One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail
for a term not exceeding six (6) months nor less than thirty (30)
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days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the
court.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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