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21 OK Stat § 21-954 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-954. Confidence games - Three-card monte.

|Any person who deals, plays or practices in the State of Oklahoma, or who is in any manner accessory to the dealing, playing or practicing of a swindle known as three-card monte, or any other swindle or confidence game, play or practice, shall be deemed guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00) nor more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by confinement in the State Penitentiary for a term of not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years. |R.L. 1910, § 2500. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 270, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 173, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 270 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-956 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-956. Permitting gambling in building or on grounds.

|Every person who shall permit any gaming table, bank, or gaming device prohibited by this article, to be set up or used for the purpose of gambling in any house, building, shed, shelter, booth, lot or other premises to him belonging, or by him occupied, or of which he has, at the time, possession or control, shall be, on conviction thereof, adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by a fine not exceeding Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00), nor less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding six (6) months nor less than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court. |R.L.1910, § 2502.
21 OK Stat § 21-957 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-957. Leasing for gambling purposes.

|Every person who shall knowingly lease or rent to another any house, building or premises for the purpose of setting up or keeping therein, any of the gambling devices prohibited by the preceding provisions of this article, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2503.
21 OK Stat § 21-958 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-958. Lease void, when - Possession, how recovered.

|Whenever any lessee of any house or building shall be convicted of suffering any of the said prohibited gambling devices or games of chance to be carried on in said house or building, the lease or contract or letting such house or building shall become void and the lessor may enter upon the premises so let and shall recover possession of said leased property as in the case of forcible detainer. |R.L.1910, § 2504.
21 OK Stat § 21-959 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-959. Witnesses failing to testify.

|Every person duly summoned as a witness for the prosecution or defense on any proceedings ordered under this article, who neglects or refuses to attend and testify as required, is guilty of a misdemeanor. |R.L.1910, § 2505.
21 OK Stat § 21-960 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-960. Seizure of apparatus and delivery to magistrate.

|Every person who is authorized or enjoined to arrest any person for a violation of the provisions of this article, is equally authorized and enjoined to seize any table, cards, dice, or other articles or apparatus suitable to be used for gambling purposes found in the possession or under the control of the person so arrested, and to deliver the same to the magistrate before whom the person so arrested is required to be taken. |R.L.1910, § 2506.
21 OK Stat § 21-961 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-961. Testimony, no person excused from giving.

|No person shall be excused from giving any testimony or evidence upon any investigation or prosecution for violation of this article, upon the ground that such testimony would tend to convict him of a crime, but such testimony or evidence shall not be received against him upon any criminal investigation or prosecution, except in a prosecution against him for perjury committed in giving such testimony. |R.L.1910, § 2508.
21 OK Stat § 21-964 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-964. “Slot machine” defined.

|A. For the purpose of Sections 964 through 977 of this title, “slot machine” is defined to be: |1. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates or may be operated or played mechanically, electrically, automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by any person by inserting in any manner into said machine, instrument, mechanism, or device, a coin, chip, token, check, credit, money, representative of value, or a thing of value, and by which play or operation such person will stand to win or lose, whether by skill or chance, or by both, a thing of value; and2. Any machine, instrument, mechanism, or device that operates or may be played or operated mechanically, electrically, automatically, or manually, and which can be played or operated by any person by paying to or depositing with any person, or by depositing with or into any cache, slot, or place a coin, chip, token, check, credit, money, representative of value, or a thing of value, and by which play or operation such person will stand to win or lose, whether by skill or chance, or by both, a thing of value.B. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to a slot machine:1. If the slot machine is twenty-five (25) years or older and is not used for gambling purposes; or2. If the slot machine is used for the purpose of teaching slot machine repair and is not used for gambling purposes.C. Sections 964 through 977 of this title shall not apply to use of a crane machine for nongambling purposes. For purposes of this section, “crane machine” shall mean a machine that upon insertion of a coin, bill, token or similar object, allows the player to skillfully use one or more buttons, joysticks or other controls to maneuver a crane or claw over a toy or novelty in an attempt to retrieve the toy or novelty for the player. The toy or novelty shall not be subject to being exchanged for any other prize, including but not limited to credits, money or other thing of value.D. A slot machine which is twenty-five (25) years or older or is used for teaching slot machine repair which is used for a gambling purpose in violation of the provisions of Section 970 of this title shall be subject to confiscation as provided by Section 973 of this title.Added by Laws 1939, p. 9, § 1, emerg. eff. April 28, 1939. Amended by Laws 1983, c. 174, § 1, operative July 1, 1983; Laws 1995, c. 68, § 1; Laws 1999, c. 364, § 3, eff. July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-965 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-965. "Thing of value" defined.

|For the purposes of this act, "a thing of value" is defined to be any money, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, property, tangible or intangible, or any representative of value or any other thing, tangible or intangible, except amusement or entertainment, calculated or intended to serve as an inducement for anyone to operate or play any slot machine or punch board. |Laws 1939, p. 9, Sec. 2; Laws 1949, p. 204, Sec. 1.
21 OK Stat § 21-966 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-966. "Punch board" defined.

|For the purposes of this act, "punch board" is defined to be any card, board, substance or thing upon or in which is placed or concealed in any manner any number, figure, name, design, character, symbol, picture, substance or thing which may be drawn, uncovered, exposed or removed therefrom by any person paying a thing of value, which number, figure, name, design, character, symbol, picture, substance or any other thing, when drawn, uncovered, exposed or removed therefrom, will stand the person drawing, uncovering, exposing or removing the same to win or lose a thing of value, but shall not include a breakopen ticket card, as defined in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act. |Laws 1939, p. 9, § 3, emerg. eff. April 28, 1939; Laws 1992, c. 328, § 30, eff. Dec. 1, 1992, and adopted by State Question No. 650, Legislative Referendum No. 294, at election held Nov. 3, 1992.
21 OK Stat § 21-967 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-967. Words in singular and plural.

|Any word or words used in this act in the singular number shall include the plural, and the plural the singular. |Laws 1939, p. 9, § 4.
21 OK Stat § 21-968 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-968. "Person" defined.

|For the purposes of this act, "person" is defined to include any person, partnership, association, company, stock company, corporation, receiver, trustee, organization or club. |Laws 1939, p. 9, § 5.
21 OK Stat § 21-969 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-969. Possession, sale, or lease of slot machines or punch boards prohibited.

|It shall be unlawful for any person to have in his possession any slot machine or punch board, or sell or solicit the sale, or take orders for the sale of, or lease or rent any slot machine or punch board in this state, and any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1939, p. 10, § 6.
21 OK Stat § 21-970 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-970. Slot machines - Acts prohibited - Punishment - Amusement machine or device near public school.

|Any person who sets up, operates or conducts, or who permits to be set up, operated and conducted, in or about any place of business, or in or about any place, whether as owner, employee or agent, any slot machine for the purpose of having or allowing same to be played by others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, or any representative of value or a thing of value, except amusement or entertainment, or who sets up, operates or conducts, or who permits to be set up, operated or conducted, in or about any place of business, or in or about any place, whether as owner, employee or agent, any amusement machine, instrument, mechanism or device within three hundred (300) feet of any public school in this state, said distance to be measured from the school building, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Fifty Dollars ($150.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1939, p. 10, § 7; Laws 1949, p. 204, § 2.
21 OK Stat § 21-971 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-971. Punch boards - Acts prohibited - Punishment.

|Any person who sets up, operates, exposes, conducts, displays or plays, or who permits to be set up, operated, exposed, conducted, displayed or played, in or about any place or in or about any place of business, whether as owner, employee or agent, any punch board for the purpose of having or allowing the same to be played by others for money, property, tangible or intangible, coin, currency, check, chip, token, credit, amusement or any representative of value or a thing of value, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) nor more than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not more than thirty (30) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. |Laws 1939, p. 10, § 8.
21 OK Stat § 21-972 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-972. Slot machines and punch boards declared gambling devices - Public nuisance - Abatement.

|Every slot machine and every punch board as defined in this act, is hereby declared to be per se a gambling device, and each is hereby declared to be a public nuisance, and the same may be abated in manner as provided for the abatement of a public nuisance under Chapter 58, Oklahoma Statutes 1931. |Laws 1939, p. 10, § 9.
21 OK Stat § 21-974 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-974. Officers' duties under act - Prosecutions.

|It is hereby made the duty of every sheriff, constable, police officer, and peace officer to diligently do and perform the acts required under this act and to arrest or file a report to the district attorney to see if an arrest is warranted for any person who is violating any of the provisions of said act and inform against such person; and it is hereby made the duty of every district attorney to diligently do and perform the acts required under this act and to diligently prosecute any person violating any of the provisions of said act. |Added by Laws 1939, p. 12, Sec. 11. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 147, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.
21 OK Stat § 21-975 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-975. Evidence of knowledge by officers and prosecutor of existence of slot machines or punch boards in community.

|The fact that any slot machine or punch board is set up, operated, conducted, displayed, or exposed in a public place for any considerable length of time, provided the time and place is sufficient to put a reasonably efficient officer upon inquiry and notice, this shall be received along with other evidence in proving that the sheriff and district attorney of the county and the constable and policemen of the district, city or town where the same occurred had knowledge of the same. |Laws 1939, p. 12, § 12.
21 OK Stat § 21-976 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-976. Failure of officers or prosecutor to perform duties under act - Removal - Punishment.

|Any sheriff, constable, policeman, or police officer or district attorney who shall fail to diligently do or perform the acts and duties required of him under this act, in that he shall knowingly allow the violation of this act or the open and notorious violation of same as set out in Section 12, shall be guilty of willful neglect of duty and shall be removed from office, as now or as may hereafter be provided by law; and shall also be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250.00) nor more than One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than thirty (30) days nor more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment; and any such officer, upon being convicted or removed from office, shall be ineligible to again hold public office for a period of two (2) years from the date of such conviction or removal from office. |Laws 1939, p. 12, § 13.
21 OK Stat § 21-977 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-977. Partial invalidity.

|In case any section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part of this act shall for any reason be adjudged by any court of competent or final jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this act, but shall be confined in its operation to the section, clause, sentence, paragraph or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which said judgment shall have been rendered. |Laws 1939, p. 13, § 14.
21 OK Stat § 21-982 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-982. Commercial gambling.

|A. Commercial gambling is: |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; or6. 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 felony and punished by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 174, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-983 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-983. Permitting premises to be used for commercial gambling.

|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; or2. 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.Laws 1975, c. 283, § 3, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
21 OK Stat § 21-984 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-984. Dealing in gambling devices.

|A. Dealing in gambling devices is manufacturing, transferring or possessing with intent to transfer any gambling device or subassembly or essential part thereof. |B. Any person dealing in gambling devices shall be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 4, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 272, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 175, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 272 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-985 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-985. Possession of a gambling device.

|A. Possession of a gambling device is knowingly possessing or having custody or control, as owner, lessee, agent, employee, bailee or otherwise, of any gambling device. |B. Any person possessing a gambling device who knows or has reason to know said devices will be used in making or settling commercial gambling transactions and deals in said gambling devices with the intent to facilitate commercial gambling transactions shall be punished for a misdemeanor.Laws 1975, c. 283, § 5, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
21 OK Stat § 21-986 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-986. Installing communication facilities for gamblers.

|A. Installing communication facilities for gamblers is: |1. Installing communications facilities in a place which the person who installs the facilities knows is a gambling place;2. Installing communications facilities knowing that they will be used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets; or3. Knowing that communications facilities are being used principally for the purpose of transmitting information to be used in making or settling bets, allowing their continued use.B. Any person not an employee of a communications public utility authorized to transact business in this state by the Oklahoma Corporation Commission acting within the scope of his employment, violating subsection A above, who knows or has reason to know said communications facilities will be used in making or settling commercial gambling transactions and installs said facilities with the intent to facilitate said commercial gambling transactions and is found guilty thereof shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.C. When any communications public utility providing telephone communications service is notified in writing by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction, acting within its jurisdiction, that any facility furnished by it is being used principally for the purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information, it shall discontinue or refuse the leasing, furnishing or maintaining of such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found against any such public utility for any act done in compliance with any such court order. Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a court of competent jurisdiction, that such facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 6, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 273, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 176, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 273 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-987 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-987. Dissemination of gambling information.

|A. Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to be used in making or settling bets. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events. |B. Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling information shall be guilty of a felony and shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five (5) years or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999.NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.
21 OK Stat § 21-988 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-988. Conspiracy.

|A. A conspiracy is any agreement, combination or common plan or scheme by two or more persons, coupled with an overt act in furtherance of such agreement, combination or common plan or scheme, to violate any section of this act. |B. Any person found guilty of conspiracy shall be punished to the same extent as provided for in the section of this act which such person conspired to violate.Laws 1975, c. 283, § 8, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.
21 OK Stat § 21-993 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-993. Evidence for prosecution - Accomplices - Immunity for witnesses.

|A conviction for the violation of any of the provisions of this act may be had upon the unsupported evidence of an accomplice or participant, and such accomplice or participant shall be exempt from prosecution for any offense in this act about which he may be required to testify. |Laws 1913, c. 185, p. 416, § 3.
21 OK Stat § 21-996.1 (2021)
2021 Oklahoma Statutes|Title 21. Crimes and Punishments|§21-996.1. Consumers Disclosure of Prizes and Gifts Act - Short title.

|This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Consumers Disclosure of Prizes and Gifts Act". |Added by Laws 1991, c. 242, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.