No person shall directly or indirectly, for any type of compensation including but not limited to fees, dues, or donations, accept anything of value from another to be transmitted or delivered for wager in any pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse races or collect a wager in any pari-mutuel system of wagering on horse races. Nothing in this section prohibits wagering transactions authorized pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Horse Racing Act. Any person that violates the provisions of this section, 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.
Added by Laws 1983, c. 11, § 35, emerg. eff. March 22, 1983. Amended by Laws 1990, c. 275, § 3, emerg. eff. May 25, 1990; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 116, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 49, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 116 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.