Section 572.050

Title XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS

Chapter 572

Effective - 01 Jan 1979, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  *572.050.  Until December 31, 2016 — Possession of gambling records in the first degree. — 1.  A person commits the crime of possession of gambling records in the first degree if, with knowledge of the contents thereof, he possesses any gambling record of a kind used:

  (1)  In the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five bets totaling more than five hundred dollars; or

  (2)  In the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or policy scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five hundred plays or chances therein.

  2.  A person does not commit a crime under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section if the gambling record possessed by the defendant constituted, reflected or represented bets of the defendant himself in a number not exceeding ten.

  3.  The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under subsection 2.

  4.  Possession of gambling records in the first degree is a class D felony.

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(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-01-79

*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17.  Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.