18 Pa. C.S. § 5514

Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
Section 5514 - Pool selling and bookmaking

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:

(1) engages in pool selling or bookmaking;
(2) occupies any place for the purpose of receiving, recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;
(3) receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the result of any political nomination, appointment or election, or upon any contest of any nature;
(4) becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or
(5) being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used or occupied for any of such purposes.

18 Pa.C.S. § 5514

1972, Dec. 6, P.L. 1482, No. 334, § 1, effective 6/6/1973.