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Arkansas Gambling Laws | Arkansas Online Gambling, Poker, Sports Betting Laws
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Arkansas Gambling Laws are not very friendly toward the gambler. Indeed, most forms of gambling are illegal in Arkansas, even if they are only a petty offense worth minor fines, typically ranging from $10 to $100 dollars. Under the current regime you may even be in trouble if you run a home poker game. The Arkansas Online Gambling Laws are not written directly into the state's statutes, so whether or not online gambling is legal is something you will probably want to discuss with an attorney. We saw nothing pertaining to online gambling in the state legislature, neither for nor against. The Arkansas lottery has recently been established, making this the first true form of legal gambling in the state. The Arkansas Laws on Gambling are somewhat confusing, so you may want to seek legal council if you actually fear getting in trouble for gambling online.
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Section 5-66-101
Construction of statutes.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 13; C. & M. Dig., § 2645; Pope's Dig., § 3335; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3265.
Section 5-66-102
Duty of officer.
When it comes to the knowledge of any sheriff, coroner, or constable, or any of their deputies, that any person is guilty of any offense created or prohibited by this section and §§ 5-66-101, 5-66-104 -- 5-66-107, and 5-66-109, it is their duty to give notice of the offense to any judge or justice of the peace for the county who shall:
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 9; C. & M. Dig., § 2642; Pope's Dig., § 3332; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3264.
Section 5-66-103
HISTORY: Acts 1913, No. 152, §§ 1, 2; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2632, 2633; Pope's Dig., §§ 3322, 3323; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3251, 41-3252; Acts 2005, No. 70, § 1; 2007, No. 555, § 1; No. 827, § 82.
Section 5-66-104
Gaming devices -- Prohibition.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 1; C. & M. Dig., § 2630; Pope's Dig., § 3320; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3253; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 33.
Section 5-66-105
Gaming devices -- Financial interest.
(1) Interested or concerned in any gaming prohibited by § 5-66-104, either by furnishing money or another article for the purpose of carrying on gaming; or
(2) Interested in the loss or gain of gaming prohibited by § 5-66-104.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 2; C. & M. Dig., § 2631; Pope's Dig., § 3321; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3254; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 83.
Section 5-66-106
Gaming devices -- Betting.
(a) It is unlawful for any person to bet any money or other valuable thing or any representative of any thing that is esteemed of value on any game prohibited by § 5-66-104.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 3; C. & M. Dig., § 2634; Pope's Dig., § 3324; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3255; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 84.
Section 5-66-107
Gaming devices -- In buildings or on vessels.
(a) It is unlawful for any owner or occupant of any house, outbuilding, or other building or any steamboat, or other vessel to knowingly permit or suffer any games, tables, or banks mentioned in § 5-66-104 or permit or suffer any kind of gaming under any name, to be carried on or exhibited in his or her house, outbuilding, or other building, or on board of any steamboat, flatboat, keelboat, or other vessel on any of the waters within this state.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 4; C. & M. Dig., § 2635; Pope's Dig., § 3325; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3256; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 85.
Section 5-66-108
Gaming devices -- Search warrants.
(a) It is made and declared to be the duty and required of the judges of the circuit courts, the presiding judges of the county courts, and also of the justices of the peace, on information given or on their own knowledge, or when they have reasonable ground to suspect, that they issue their warrant to the sheriff, coroner, or constable as the case may be most convenient, directing in the warrant a search for gaming tables, or devices mentioned or referred to in § 5-66-104, and, directing that on finding any, the devices shall be publicly burned by the officer executing the warrant.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, §§ 6, 7; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2637, 2638; Pope's Dig., §§ 3327, 3328; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3259, 41-3260.
Section 5-66-109
Gaming devices -- Vagrants.
(a) Any keeper or exhibitor of any gaming table, bank, or other gambling device and any person who travels or remains in a steamboat, or goes about from place to place for the purpose of gaming is deemed and treated as a vagrant.
(b) Any keeper or exhibitor of either of the gaming tables, called "A. B. C." or "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, is deemed and rated as a vagrant.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 5; Rev. Stat., ch. 154, § 2; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2636, 2802; Pope's Dig., §§ 3326, 3506; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3257, 41-3258.
Section 5-66-110
(a) If a person sets up or exhibits, causes to be set up or exhibited, or aids or assists in setting up or exhibiting in the state any gaming device commonly known and designated as "keno" or any similar device by any other name or without a name, upon conviction the person is guilty of a violation and shall be fined in any sum not less than two hundred dollars ($200) for benefit of the common school fund.
HISTORY: Acts 1877, No. 71, §§ 1-5, 7, p. 70; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2646-2651; Pope's Dig., §§ 3336-3341; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3266 -- 41-3271; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 34.
Section 5-66-111
Pinball machines, etc.
(a) (1) Any coin-operated pinball machine or other device that is designed so that more than one (1) coin can be inserted so as to give the player additional odds in making a high score or winning an additional free game is unlawful.
(c) (1) A coin-operated amusement device, including a pinball machine, that takes only one (1) coin for each player for each game and that is equipped with flippers that 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 an amusement device.
HISTORY: Acts 1977, No. 283, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3201, 41-3202.
Section 5-66-112
Card games -- Betting.
HISTORY: Rev. Stat., ch. 44, div. 6, art. 3, § 8; C. & M. Dig., § 2639; Pope's Dig., § 3329; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3261; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 35.
Section 5-66-113
Games of hazard or skill -- Betting.
HISTORY: Acts 1855, §§ 1, 2, p. 270; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2640, 2641; Pope's Dig., §§ 3330, 3331; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3262, 41-3263; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 36.
Section 5-66-114
Sports or games -- Transmission of information.
(b) Any teletype, telegraph ticker tape, or similar machine or device used in the transmitting or receiving of information relating to a game or sport as set out in subsection (a) of this section, that is used either directly or indirectly for the purpose of gaming, is defined and declared to be a "gaming device".
(c) Any person who violates a provision of this section and any teletype, telegraph ticker tape, or similar machine or device when used for gaming purposes, as defined in this section, is 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.
HISTORY: Acts 1953, No. 355, §§ 1-3; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3282 -- 41-3284.
Section 5-66-115
Sports or games -- Bribery of participants.
(1) "Participant" means any:
(A) Professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, hockey, polo, tennis, or other athletic player;
(B) Boxer;
(C) Jockey, driver, groom, or other person participating or expecting to participate in a horse race, including an owner of a race track or the owner's employee, steward, trainer, judge, starter, or special police officer; or
(D) Manager, coach, or trainer of any sport team or participant or prospective participant in any sport team, sport game, or sport contest; and
(2) "Sport" means any:
(A) Professional or amateur baseball, football, basketball, hockey, polo, tennis, or other athletic game or contest;
(B) Boxing match; or
(C) Horse race.
(b) It is unlawful for any person to give, promise, or offer to any participant in any sport any valuable thing with the purpose to influence the participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit the participant's or the participant's team's margin of victory in a sport in which the participant is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty or connection.
(c) It is unlawful for any participant to solicit or accept any valuable thing to influence the participant to lose or try to lose or cause to be lost or to limit the participant's or the participant's team's margin of victory in a sport in which the participant is taking part or expects to take part or has any duty or connection.
HISTORY: Acts 1951, No. 250, § 1; 1975, No. 928, § 9; A.S.A. 1947, § 41-3288; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 86.
Section 5-66-116
Horseracing -- Betting.
(A) A violation for the first offense and shall be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than twenty-five dollars ($25.00);
(B) A violation for the second offense and shall be fined in any sum not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100); and
(C) An unclassified misdemeanor for all offenses after the second offense and shall be fined in any sum not more than five hundred dollars ($500) and imprisoned for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months.
HISTORY: Acts 1907, No. 55, §§ 1-4, p. 134; C. & M. Dig., §§ 2669-2672; Pope's Dig., §§ 3355-3358; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3278 -- 41-3281; Acts 2009, No. 748, § 37.
Section 5-66-117
Horseracing -- Agency service wagering.
(1) Of a casual nature with no profit motive; and
(2) Merely an accommodation to the other person.
HISTORY: Acts 1977, No. 791, §§ 1, 2; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3203, 41-3204; Acts 2007, No. 827, § 87.
Section 5-66-118
Lottery, etc. -- Tickets.
(a) Except as authorized under the Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act, § 23-114-101 et seq., it is unlawful for a person to:
(1) Keep an office, room, or place for the sale or disposition of a lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(2) Vend, sell, or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(3) Possess any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device, except a lottery ticket issued in another state where a lottery is legal; or
(4) Be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the sale or disposition of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device.
HISTORY: Acts 1939, No. 209, §§ 1-6; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3272 -- 41-3277; Acts 1987, No. 835, §§ 1, 2; 1993, No. 1053, § 1; 2007, No. 388, § 2; 2009, No. 748, §§ 38, 39.
Section 5-66-119
Lottery -- Promotion through sales.
HISTORY: Acts 1961, No. 49, §§ 1-3; 1975, No. 928, § 10; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 41-3285 -- 41-3287; Acts 1987, No. 835, §§ 1, 2.
Section 5-66-120
Application to Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act.
This chapter does not apply to a lottery under the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.
HISTORY: Acts 2009, No. 605, § 2; 2009, No. 606, § 2.
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