A. Any person holding a race or race meeting at which pari-mutuel or non-pari-mutuel wagering is conducted without a valid organization license issued pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act, upon conviction, shall be guilty of a felony and shall be fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00) or be imprisoned for a period of not more than ten (10) years or both said fine and imprisonment.
B. No organization licensee shall knowingly permit any minor to be a patron of the pari-mutuel system of wagering conducted by the organization licensee. Any person convicted of violating any provision of this subsection shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 11, § 30, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983. Amended by Laws 1993, c. 254, § 2, emerg. eff. May 26, 1993; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 112, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 45, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2006, c. 274, § 4, emerg. eff. June 7, 2006.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 112 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.