Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-983
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Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling
Official statutory text
A. Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling is
intentionally:
1. Granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as
a gambling place; or
2. Permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a
place under the offender's control.
B. Any person permitting premises to be used for commercial
gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty
of a second offense under this section shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by
a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
intentionally:
1. Granting the use or allowing the continued use of a place as
a gambling place; or
2. Permitting another to set up a gambling device for use in a
place under the offender's control.
B. Any person permitting premises to be used for commercial
gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Any person found guilty
of a second offense under this section shall be punished by
imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year or by
a fine of not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00), or by
both such fine and imprisonment.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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