Except as provided in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, every person who opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, whether for hire or not, or carries on either poker, roulette, craps or any banking or percentage, or any gambling game played with dice, cards or any device, for money, checks, credits, or any representatives of value, or who either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not, deals for those engaged in any such game, shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title.

Laws 1916, HB 2, c. 26, § 1, emerg. eff. January 29, 1916; Amended by Laws 1992, HB 2074, c. 328, § 29, eff. December 1, 1992, State Question No. 650, Legis. Ref. 294, approved at the general election held November 3, 1992; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 266 (effective date changed to July 1, 1999, by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1009, c.. 5, § 170, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 226, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).