Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-971
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Punch boards - Acts prohibited - Punishment
Official statutory text
Any person who sets up, operates, exposes, conducts, displays or
plays, or who permits to be set up, operated, exposed, conducted,
displayed or played, in or about any place or in or about any place
of business, whether as owner, employee or agent, any punch board
for the purpose of having or allowing the same to be played by
others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency,
check, chip, token, credit, amusement or any representative of value
or a thing of value, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty
(30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
plays, or who permits to be set up, operated, exposed, conducted,
displayed or played, in or about any place or in or about any place
of business, whether as owner, employee or agent, any punch board
for the purpose of having or allowing the same to be played by
others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency,
check, chip, token, credit, amusement or any representative of value
or a thing of value, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty
Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by
imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty
(30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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