Section 982 - Commercial gamblingA. 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.Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982
Laws 1975, HB 1042, c. 283, § 2, eff. 10/1/1976; Amended by Laws 1997, H.B. 1213, c. 133, § 271 (effective date changed to 7/1/1999by Laws 1998, 1st Extr. Sess., HB 1002, c. 2, §§ 23-26, emerg. eff. 6/19/1998); Amended by Laws 1999, 1st Extr. Sess., H.B. 1009, § 174, emerg. eff. 7/1/1999.