KRS 528.020

Promoting gambling in the first degree

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Meece v. Commonwealth (2011)

Most recently applied in Meece v. Commonwealth (June 2011)

Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky

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(1) A person is guilty of promoting gambling in the first degree when he knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:

(a) Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he employs or utilizes three or more persons in a bookmaking activity and receives or accepts in any one day bets totaling more than $500; or (b) Receiving in connection with a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise:

1. Money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or 2. More than $500 in any one day of money played in the scheme or enterprise; or (c) Setting up and operating a gambling device.

(2) Promoting gambling in the first degree is a Class D felony.

Official source: Kentucky General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Kentucky statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.