Except as provided in chapter 4 of title 41, every person who shall make any bet or lay any wager of any kind upon any horse, to start, run, or trot, shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100).
R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-19-15
Betting on horses
G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 13; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 17; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 17; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 17; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-15.
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