A. It is unlawful for any person to, directly or indirectly, knowingly accept for a fee, property, salary or reward anything of value from another to be transmitted or delivered for gambling or parimutuel [pari-mutuel] wagering on the results of a race, sporting event, contest or other game of skill or chance or any other unknown or contingent future event or occurrence whatsoever.
B. None of the provisions of this act shall be construed to prohibit the operation or continued operation of bingo programs presently conducted for charitable purposes.
C. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a fourth degree felony.
History: Laws 1979, ch. 4, § 1.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — The term "this act", referred to in Subsection B, means Laws 1979, ch. 4. Laws 1979, ch. 4, § 1, is compiled as this section.