Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-982
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Commercial gambling
Official statutory text
A. Commercial gambling is:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 409
1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a
gambling place;
2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or,
with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet,
possessing facilities to do so;
3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or
offered to be bet;
4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery
possessing facilities to do so;
5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any
gambling device; or
6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or
financing a gambling business.
B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be
guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this
title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 21. Crimes and Punishments Page 409
1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a
gambling place;
2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or,
with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet,
possessing facilities to do so;
3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or
offered to be bet;
4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery
possessing facilities to do so;
5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any
gambling device; or
6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or
financing a gambling business.
B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be
guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as
provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this
title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars
($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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