Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-981

As used in this act:

1. A "bet" is a bargain in which the parties agree that,

dependent upon chance, or in which one of the parties to the

transaction has valid reason to believe that it is dependent upon

chance, one stands to win or lose something of value specified in

the agreement. A bet does not include:

a. bona fide business transactions which are valid under

the law of contracts including, but not limited to,

contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of

securities or other commodities and agreements to

compensation for loss caused by the happening of the

chance including, but not limited to, contracts of

indemnity or guaranty and life or health and accident

insurance; or

b. any charity game conducted pursuant to the provisions

of the Oklahoma Charity Games Act; or

c. offers of purses, prizes or premiums to the actual

participants in public and semipublic events, as

follows, to wit: Rodeos, animal shows, hunting,

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fishing or shooting competitions, expositions, fairs,

athletic events, tournaments and other shows and

contests where the participants qualify for a monetary

prize or other recognition. This subparagraph further

excepts an entry fee from the definition of "a bet" as

applied to enumerated public and semipublic events.

2. "Consideration" as used in this section means anything which

is a commercial or financial advantage to the promoter or a

disadvantage to any participant. Mere registration without purchase

of goods or services; personal attendance at places or events,

without payment of an admission price or fee; listening to or

watching radio and television programs; answering the telephone or

making a telephone call and acts of like nature are not

consideration. As used in this paragraph, the term "consideration"

shall not include sums of money paid by or for participants in any

bingo game or a game of chance with comparable characteristics as

defined by subparagraph b of paragraph 1 of this section and it

shall be conclusively presumed that such sums paid by or for said

participants were intended by said participants to be for the

benefit of the organizations described in subparagraph b of

paragraph 1 of this section for the use of such organizations in

furthering the purposes of such organizations;

3. A "gambling device" is a contrivance designed primarily for

gambling purposes which for a consideration affords the player an

opportunity to obtain something of value, the award of which is

determined by chance, or any token, chip, paper, receipt or other

document which evidences, purports to evidence or is designed to

evidence participation in a lottery or the making of a bet. The

fact that the prize is not automatically paid by the device does not

affect its character as a gambling device; and

4. A "gambling place" is any place, room, building, vehicle,

tent or location which is used for any of the following: making and

settling bets; receiving, holding, recording or forwarding bets or

offers to bet; conducting lotteries; or playing gambling devices.

Evidence that the place has a general reputation as a gambling place

or that, at or about the time in question, it was frequently visited

by persons known to be commercial gamblers or known as frequenters

of gambling places is admissible on the issue of whether it is a

gambling place.