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      21-4304.   Commercial gambling. Commercial gambling is:

      (a)   Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;

      (b)   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;

      (c)   For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;

      (d)   Conducting a lottery, or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; or

      (e)   Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device.

      Commercial gambling is a severity level 8, nonperson felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-4304; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 215; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 163; July 1.