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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 02:56:15+00:00

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Section 5-66-101. Construction of statutes.
Section 5-66-102. Duty of officer.
Section 5-66-104. Gaming devices - Prohibition.
Section 5-66-105. Gaming devices - Financial interest.
Section 5-66-106. Gaming devices - Betting.
Section 5-66-107. Gaming devices - In buildings or on vessels.
Section 5-66-108. Gaming devices - Search warrants.
Section 5-66-109. Gaming devices - Vagrants.
Section 5-66-111. Pinball machines, etc.
Section 5-66-112. Card games - Betting.
Section 5-66-113. Games of hazard or skill - Betting.
Section 5-66-114. Sports or games - Transmission of information.
Section 5-66-115. Sports or games - Bribery of participants.
Section 5-66-116. Horseracing - Betting.
Section 5-66-117. Horseracing - Agency service wagering.
Section 5-66-118. Lottery, etc. - Tickets.
Section 5-66-119. Lottery - Promotion through sales.
§ 5-66-101. Construction of statutes.
§ 5-66-102. Duty of officer.
who shall be interested directly or indirectly in running any gambling house or in setting up and exhibiting any gambling device or devices, either by furnishing money, or other articles for the purpose of carrying on any gambling house shall be deemed guilty of a felony and on conviction shall be confined in the Department of Correction for not less than one (1) year nor more than three (3) years.
operated or that any person is engaged in the exhibiting of a gambling device within his county, it shall be his duty to immediately proceed to the place where such gambling house is located and arrest the person engaged in running or operating the gambling house and to bring such person before some magistrate or court having jurisdiction to examine into the matter; and upon such sheriff, or deputy sheriff, failing to comply with the provisions of this subsection, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined in any sum not less than one hundred dollars ($100) and shall be discharged from office.
§ 5-66-104. Gaming devices - Prohibition.
may be imprisoned any length of time not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year.
§ 5-66-105. Gaming devices - Financial interest.
§ 5-66-106. Gaming devices - Betting.
($100) nor less than fifty dollars ($50.00).
§ 5-66-107. Gaming devices - In buildings or on vessels.
or exhibited in their houses, or outhouses or other buildings, or on board of any steamboat, flatboat, keelboat, or other vessel on any of the waters within this state, on conviction, every such owner or occupant shall be punished as provided in § 5-66-104.
§ 5-66-108. Gaming devices - Search warrants.
the case may be most convenient, directing in the warrant a search for gaming tables, or devices hereinbefore mentioned or referred to, and, directing that on finding any, the devices shall be publicly burned by the officer executing the warrant.
§ 5-66-109. Gaming devices - Vagrants.
all persons who travel or remain in steamboats, or go about from place to place for the purpose of gaming shall be deemed and treated as vagrants.
E. O. or any other table distinguished or known by any other name, letter, or figure, such as faro bank, rouge et noir, or any gaming bank, of the same or like kind, with, or without a name, shall be deemed and rated as vagrants.
assist in setting up or exhibiting in any county, city, or town in the state, any gaming device commonly known and designated as "keno" or any similar device, by any other name or without a name, each person so setting up or exhibiting such device, or aiding or assisting in exhibiting or setting up such device, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on indictment and conviction before the circuit court or on conviction before a justice of the peace, shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for benefit of the common school fund.
have such person arrested as above provided for each separate offense done or committed on every separate day.
against the provisions of this section.
attorney failing to carry out the same.
§ 5-66-111. Pinball machines, etc.
than one (1) coin can be inserted so as to give the player additional odds in making a high score or winning additional free games is unlawful, and the operation thereof shall be a misdemeanor which shall be punishable by the imposition of a fine not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or both.
machines, the interstate transportation of which is prohibited by 15 U.S.C. § 1172.
only one (1) coin for each player for each game and which are equipped with flippers which can be activated by the player to propel a ball back onto the playing surface of the machine so as to prolong the playing time and increase the score attained by the player and upon which not more than twenty-five (25) free games can be won by the player are specifically designated as amusement devices and their use is declared to be legal so long as all state and municipal taxes have been paid and the owner thereof has obtained a permit, filed a bond, and paid the privilege tax required by § 26-57-401 et seq.
§ 5-66-112. Card games - Betting.
brag, bluff, poker, seven-up, three-up, twenty-one, vingt-et-un, thirteen cards, the odd trick, forty-five, whist, or at any other game at cards, known by any name now known to the law, or with any other or new name or without any name, he shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
§ 5-66-113. Games of hazard or skill - Betting.
game of hazard or skill, he shall on conviction be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
to charge that the defendant bet money or other valuable thing on a game of hazard or skill, without stating with whom the game was played.
§ 5-66-114. Sports or games - Transmission of information.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, or corporation to receive or transmit information in the State of Arkansas relating to football, baseball, basketball, hockey, polo, tennis, horse racing, boxing, or any other sport or game for the purpose of gaming.
information as news, entertainment, or advertising medium.
(2) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any commission conducting a legalized race meet within the State of Arkansas.
gaming, is defined and declared to be a "gaming device".
ticker tape, or similar machine or device when used for gaming purposes, as defined in this section, shall be subject to the procedure and penalties as set out in §§ 5-66-101 - 5-66-110, 5-66-112, 5-66-113, 5-66-116, and 5-66-118.
§ 5-66-115. Sports or games - Bribery of participants.
groom, or any person participating or expecting to participate in any horse race, including owners of race tracks and their employees, stewards, trainers, judges, starters, or special policemen, or to any manager, coach, or trainer of any team or participant or prospective participant in any such game, contest, or sport any valuable thing with intent to influence him to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in a baseball, football, hockey, or basketball game, boxing, tennis, or polo match or a horse race or any professional or amateur sport or game in which such player or participant or jockey or driver is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty or connection therewith, or who, being a professional or amateur baseball, football, hockey, basketball, tennis, or polo player, boxer, or jockey, driver, or groom or participant or prospective participant in any sport or game or a manager, coach, or trainer of any team or individual participant or prospective participant in any such game, contest, or sport solicits or accepts any valuable thing to influence him to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit his or his team's margin of victory in a baseball, football, hockey, or basketball game or boxing, tennis, or polo match or horse race or any game or sport in which he is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty or connection therewith, commits a Class D felony.
§ 5-66-116. Horseracing - Betting.
pools or otherwise, any money or other valuable thing, on any horse race of any kind whether had or run in this state or out of this state.
more than five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisoned in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months.
grand juries and mayors of the cities and towns of this state, and the policemen and marshals of the cities and towns, and the justices of the peace, sheriffs, and constables to enforce the provisions of this section, when it is violated in their presence or when the information of the violation is brought to their knowledge by affidavit or otherwise.
§ 5-66-117. Horseracing - Agency service wagering.
offers, or agrees to place, either in person or by messenger, telephone, or telegraph, a wager on behalf of another person, for a consideration paid or to be paid by or on behalf of the other person, on a thoroughbred horse race being conducted in or out of this state shall be deemed guilty of a Class D felony.
his wager on behalf of another person was of a casual nature with no profit motive and merely an accommodation to the other party.
§ 5-66-118. Lottery, etc. - Tickets.
policy, or gift concert ticket or slip or like device.
witness that his testimony may incriminate himself, but no such testimony given by the witness shall be used against him in any prosecution except for perjury, and he shall be discharged from liability for any violation of the law upon his part disclosed by his testimony.
vague in certain areas and, although designed to prohibit the operation of lotteries in the state, may be interpreted to prohibit even the printing of lottery tickets by companies in this state for distribution in other states where lotteries are legal; that there are companies in this state which print various types of tickets, stamps, tags, coupon books, and similar devices and which may be interested in printing lottery tickets for states in which lotteries are lawful; and that it is the intent and purpose of this subsection to clarify the present law relating to lotteries to specifically permit businesses in Arkansas to print lottery tickets for use in states where lotteries are lawful.
(2) The printing or other production of lottery tickets by businesses located in Arkansas for use in states in which lotteries are permitted is declared to be lawful, and nothing contained in this section and § 5- 66-119 or any other law shall be construed to make such printing or production unlawful.
misdemeanor and on conviction shall be fined in any sum not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500).
§ 5-66-119. Lottery - Promotion through sales.
in, or in any manner participate in any plan, scheme, device, or other means, either alone or in concert with any other person, firm, or corporation, either within or without the State of Arkansas, whereby goods, property, or any other thing of value is sold to any person, firm, or corporation for any consideration, either cash or otherwise, and upon the further consideration that the purchaser shall agree to obtain one (1) or more persons to articipate in the plan, scheme, device, or other means by making a similar purchase and a similar agreement to secure one (1) or more other persons to participate therein in the same manner, each purchaser being given the right to obtain money, credits, goods, or some other thing of value, depending upon the number of persons joining in or participating in the plan, scheme, device, or other means, is declared to have set up, promoted, engaged in, or participated in a lottery, which is declared to be unlawful; and the promotion, engaging in, or participation in the same shall be punishable as hereinafter provided.
means is set up, proposed, operated, promoted, engaged in, or participated in may enjoin the further operation or promotion of or engagement or participation in any such plan, scheme, device, or other means, upon complaint filed by the Attorney General of this state or any prosecuting attorney of any county in which such a plan, scheme, device, or other means is proposed, promoted, operated, engaged in, or participated in, or by any other interested person, on relation of the State of Arkansas; and any such injunction may be granted without bond furnished by the plaintiff, and the court may make further orders touching upon the subject matter as it may find necessary and desirable.
(2) The printing or other production of lottery tickets by businesses located in Arkansas for use in states in which lotteries are permitted is declared to be lawful, and nothing contained in this section or § 5-66- 118 or any other law shall be construed to make such printing or production unlawful.
(d) Any person who violates a provision of this section commits a Class D felony.

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