Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A § 13

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 128A:13 - [Repealed Effective 12/15/2025] Penalties for wagering or betting at race track except as permitted by chapter

Any person making a handbook, at any race track within the commonwealth, or holding or conducting a gambling pool or managing any other type of wagering or betting on the results of any horse or dog race, or aiding or abetting any of the foregoing types of wagering or betting, except as permitted by this chapter, shall for a first offence be punished by a fine of not more than two thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than one year, and for a subsequent offence by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisonment for not more than two years. Any jockey, trainer or owner of horses participating in horse or dog racing, if found guilty by the commission of unfair riding or crooked tactics, may be barred or suspended from further participation in racing throughout the commonwealth.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 128A, § 128A:13

Amended by Acts 2023, c. 26,§ 20, eff. 7/31/2023.

Amended by Acts 2023, c. 26,§ 17, eff. 7/31/2023.

Amended by Acts 2022, c. 128,§§ 11, 14 eff. 8/1/2022.

Amended by Acts 2021, c. 27,§§ 11, 14 eff. 7/27/2021.

Amended by Acts 2020, c. 106,§§ 11, 14 eff. 6/30/2020.

Amended by Acts 2020, c. 1,§§ 11, 14 eff. 1/14/2020.

Amended by Acts 2019, c. 47,§§ 11, 14 eff. 8/1/2019.

Amended by Acts 2018, c. 159,§§ 11, 14 eff. 8/2/2018.

Amended by Acts 2017, c. 56,§ 14, eff. 7/28/2017.

Amended by Acts 2016, c. 176,§§ 11, 12B eff. 8/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2014, c. 165,§ 192, eff. 7/1/2016.

Amended by Acts 2011, c. 194,§ 39, eff. 7/31/2014.

See Acts 2011, c. 194, § 112.

See Acts 2011, c. 194, § 84.