1. A. Commercial gambling is:

   1. 1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place;
   2. 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. 3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet;
   4. 4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so;
   5. 5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or
   6. 6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business.
2. B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Laws 1975, HB 1042, c. 283, § 2, eff. October 1, 1976; Amended by Laws 1997, HB 1213, c. 133, § 271 (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 June 19, 1998) (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr.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, § 174, emerg. eff. July 1, 1999 (superseded document available); Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 229, eff. January 1, 2026 (superseded document available).