receiving wagers
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Definitions from Case Law
United States Supreme Court
the term 'receiving' a wager is synonymous with 'accepting' a wager; that it is the making of a gambling contract, not the transportation of a piece of paper, to which the statute refers
Defined by the Supreme Court in - United States v. Calamaro, 354 U.S. 351 (1957).