Crimes Against Public Policy

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Section
1

Gaming or Betting; Forfeiture

Section
1a

''house'', ''building'' and ''place'' Including Ship or Vessel

Section
2

Gaming or Betting in Public Conveyance or Place or While Trespassing in Private Place; Arrest Without Warrant

Section
3

Innholders and Others Keeping or Suffering Implements to Be Used for Gaming

Section
4

Gaming in Inns and Other Occupied Places; Use of Billiard Table, Bowling Alley or Other Implement for Gaming

Section
5

Gaming, Lottery, Pool or Betting Houses; Tables or Apparatus for Gaming

Section
5a

Gambling Devices; Forfeiture; Antique Slot Machines

Section
5b

Unlawful Possession of Electronic Machine or Device for Conducting or Promoting Sweepstakes Through Entertaining Display; Lawful Exceptions; Penalty

Section
6

Gaming Relative to Cattle Shows, Military Muster or Public Gathering; Arrest Without Warrant

Section
6a

Plans Under Which Purchasers Agree to Obtain More Purchasers; Injunction; Receivers

Section
6b

Skilo and Similar Games

Section
6c

Repealed, 1998, 1

Section
7

Lotteries; Disposal of Property by Chance

Section
7a

Raffles and Bazaars; Conduct by Certain Organizations

Section
8

Permitting Lotteries, Raffles and Games of Chance in Buildings

Section
9

Lottery Tickets; Sale, or Possession

Section
10

Subsequent Offenses Within Five Years of Conviction

Section
10a

Arrest Without Warrant

Section
11

Lottery Tickets; Advertising

Section
12

False Lottery Tickets; Creation, Sale, or Possession

Section
13

Lottery Tickets, Tokens or Shares Deemed False

Section
14

Forfeiture of Money, Prizes, or Other Property Disposed of by Chance; Recovery

Section
15

Lottery for Money Drawn Out of Commonwealth; Aiding or Promoting

Section
16

Tickets of Lottery Described in Sec. 15; Sale or Possession

Section
16a

Organizing or Promoting Gambling Facilities or Services

Section
17

Place for Registering Bets or Dealing in Pools; Owner or Occupant; Custodian or Depository

Section
17a

Telephones; Use for Gaming Purposes

Section
17b

Use of Electronic Communications Records in Ongoing Criminal Investigations; Subpoena of Records

Section
18

Policy Lotteries or Shops; Production, Sale or Possession of Lottery Tickets or Tokens

Section
19

Production, Advertisement or Delivery of Tickets; Receipt of Money; Prima Facie Evidence

Section
20

Tickets, Memoranda, Books and Sheets; Nuisance; Possession; Concealment

Section
21

Words, Figures or Characters Referring to Game or Contest; Prima Facie Evidence; Proof

Section
22

Delivery to or From a Person Engaged in a Lottery or Other Illegal Gaming

Section
22a

Whist or Bridge for Charitable and Similar Purposes

Section
22b

Beano; Sale of Lottery Tickets

Section
23

Oath and Warrant to Enter Gaming or Lottery Place, Arrest Persons and Seize Implements and Materials; Disposal of Articles

Section
24

Race Tracks; Owners, Proprietors Of, or Persons Present

Section
25

Obstructions Barring Access to Gaming Places; Removal; Lien of Expenses

Section
26

Subsequent Obstructions; Removal; Punishment; Lien

Section
27

Judicial Notice of Methods and Character of Lotteries, Policy Games, Pools and Betting; Prima Facie Evidence

Section
28

Lotteries or Illegal Gaming; Complaints and Indictments

Section
29

Sale, Exchange or Disposition of Property; Misrepresentation

Section
30

Trading Stamps or Similar Devices; Sale or Delivery

Section
31

Racing Horses for Bets or Stakes

Section
31a

Racing Results or Information; Transmission for Unlawful Purposes

Section
32

Horse Racing; Fraud

Section
33

Race Grounds in Towns

Section
34

Race Grounds as Nuisance; Abatement

Section
35

Definition of Words and Phrases Used in Secs. 35 to 38

Section
36

Bucketing Contracts; Keeper of Shop; Domestic and Foreign Corporations

Section
37

Prohibited Contracts; Price Quotations

Section
38

Purchases and Sales of Securities or Commodities; Written Statement

Section
39

Gifts to Influence Business Affairs; Threats

Section
39a

Gifts to Influence Action of Participants In, and Others Connected With, a Game or Contest

Section
40

Appointment, Reinstatement or Discharge of Employee of Public Service Corporation or Racing Licensee on Recommendation of Public Officer, Officer Elect or Candidate

Section
41

Offices Not Public Offices Under Sec. 40

Section
42

Boxing Matches or Exhibitions; Betting or Selling Pools

Section
43

Solicitation, Disclosure, Receipt or Use of Information Concerning Public Assistance

Section
44

Hospital or Sanitarium Patient; Settlement, Release or Statement; Admissibility

Section
45

Repealed, 1982, 21, Sec. 2

Section
46

Discarded Containers Originally Used for Refrigerative Purposes; Removal of Doors

Section
47

Telephones; Gambling Convictions; Approval for Installation; Notices of Convictions and Removals

Section
48

Civil Service Preparatory Courses; Advertisement

Section
49

Criminal Usury

Section
50

Sale of Research Papers, etc.; Taking of Examinations for Another at Educational Institutions