1. (1) engages in pool selling or bookmaking;
2. (2) occupies any place for the purpose of receiving, recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;
3. (3) receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the result of any political nomination, appointment or election, or upon any contest of any nature;
4. (4) becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or
5. (5) being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used or occupied for any of such purposes.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:

Cross References. Section 5514 is referred to in sections 911, 5708 of this title; sections 341, 13C71 of Title 4 (Amusements); section 5703 of Title 12 (Commerce and Trade); section 5552 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial Procedure).