Massachusetts Chapter 271 — Crimes Against Public Policy
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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 1— Gaming or betting; forfeiture
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 1A— ''House'', ''building'' and ''place'' including ship or vessel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 2— Gaming or betting in public conveyance or place or while trespassing in private place; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 3— Innholders and others keeping or suffering implements to be used for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 4— Gaming in inns and other occupied places; use of billiard table, bowling alley or other implement for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5— Gaming, lottery, pool or betting houses; tables or apparatus for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5A— Gambling devices; forfeiture; antique slot machines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 5B— Unlawful possession of electronic machine or device for conducting or promoting sweepstakes through entertaining display; lawful exceptions; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6— Gaming relative to cattle shows, military muster or public gathering; arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6A— Plans under which purchasers agree to obtain more purchasers; injunction; receivers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6B— Skilo and similar games
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6C— Repealed, 1998, 1
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 7— Lotteries; disposal of property by chance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 7A— Raffles and bazaars; conduct by certain organizations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 8— Permitting lotteries, raffles and games of chance in buildings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 9— Lottery tickets; sale, or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 10— Subsequent offenses within five years of conviction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 10A— Arrest without warrant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 11— Lottery tickets; advertising
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 12— False lottery tickets; creation, sale, or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 13— Lottery tickets, tokens or shares deemed false
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 14— Forfeiture of money, prizes, or other property disposed of by chance; recovery
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 15— Lottery for money drawn out of commonwealth; aiding or promoting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 16— Tickets of lottery described in Sec. 15; sale or possession
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 16A— Organizing or promoting gambling facilities or services
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 17— Place for registering bets or dealing in pools; owner or occupant; custodian or depository
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 17A— Telephones, internet or other communications technology; use for gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 17B— Use of electronic communications records in ongoing criminal investigations; subpoena of records
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 18— Policy lotteries or shops; production, sale or possession of lottery tickets or tokens
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 19— Production, advertisement or delivery of tickets; receipt of money; prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 20— Tickets, memoranda, books and sheets; nuisance; possession; concealment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 21— Words, figures or characters referring to game or contest; prima facie evidence; proof
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 22— Delivery to or from a person engaged in a lottery or other illegal gaming
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 22A— Whist or bridge for charitable and similar purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 22B— Beano; sale of lottery tickets
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 23— Oath and warrant to enter gaming or lottery place, arrest persons and seize implements and materials; disposal of articles
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 24— Race tracks; owners, proprietors of, or persons present
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 25— Obstructions barring access to gaming places; removal; lien of expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 26— Subsequent obstructions; removal; punishment; lien
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 27— Judicial notice of methods and character of lotteries, policy games, pools and betting; prima facie evidence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 28— Lotteries or illegal gaming; complaints and indictments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 29— Sale, exchange or disposition of property; misrepresentation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 30— Trading stamps or similar devices; sale or delivery
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 31— Racing horses for bets or stakes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 31A— Racing results or information; transmission for unlawful purposes
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 32— Horse racing; fraud
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 33— Race grounds in towns
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 34— Race grounds as nuisance; abatement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 35— Definition of words and phrases used in Secs. 35 to 38
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 36— Bucketing contracts; keeper of shop; domestic and foreign corporations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 37— Prohibited contracts; price quotations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 38— Purchases and sales of securities or commodities; written statement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 39— Gifts to influence business affairs; threats
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 39A— Gifts to influence action of participants in, and others connected with, a game or contest
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 40— Appointment, reinstatement or discharge of employee of public service corporation or racing licensee on recommendation of public officer, officer elect or candidate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 41— Offices not public offices under Sec. 40
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 42— Boxing matches or exhibitions; betting or selling pools
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 43— Solicitation, disclosure, receipt or use of information concerning public assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 44— Hospital or sanitarium patient; settlement, release or statement; admissibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 45— Repealed, 1982, 21, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 46— Discarded containers originally used for refrigerative purposes; removal of doors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 47— Telephones; gambling convictions; approval for installation; notices of convictions and removals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 48— Civil service preparatory courses; advertisement
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 49— Criminal usury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 50— Sale of research papers, etc.; taking of examinations for another at educational institutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 51— Photos taken outside of first responder's official duties; penalties