6-7-101.Definitions.

(a)如用于此条款：

(i) “wagering在非职业比赛，切割工赛马，狗雪撬赛跑，专业圈地活动或者职业高尔夫球比赛的结果的加尔各答wagering的”平均值赌注投标在招标为了专有权能“采购”或赌注在一个特殊兢争者或新加入者在活动的那些人和，当活动的结果决定了包括池的完全赌注，百分比“外卖”由活动的赞助商，被分配对“采购”或wagered在赢取的兢争者或新加入者的那些人;

(ii) “收益”意味赏金的直接认识;

(iii) “赌博”意味全部或部分冒所有属性的风险为收益偶发在批次、机会、一个赌博的设备或发生的一个活动的运算或者结果，包括一个体育事件，冒险的人员没有控制，但不包括：

(a)证书仅做对新加入者或项责任人技能、速度、力量或者耐力的诚实的比赛;

(b)根据合同法是有效的诚实的经济业务;

(c)现在其他操作或事务处理或快速由法律此后核准;

(d)废物或宾果游戏执行的或者慈善或非盈利性组织出售的，下拉式制表符，其中票为废物或宾果游戏在此状态和下拉式制表符仅被出售在慈善或非盈利性组织拥有或占用的前提仅被出售;

(e)是易发生一个诚实的社会关系的所有比赛、赌注或者事务处理，由只有自然人参与，并且在哪些人员不参与，直接地或间接，在专业赌博; 或

(f) wagering在执行的比赛的加尔各答或活动诚实的国家被特许的退伍军人’，根据此状态法律或者非盈利局部民事或士兵俱乐部被组织或合并的宗教，慈善，培训或者互助组织，在条件下：

(i)比赛或活动在此状态唯一执行;

(ii)影响参与者的所有规则比赛或需求清楚被张贴;

(iii)总奖或赏金在所有一(1)比赛支付了或活动不超出百分之九十(90%)完全赌注;

(iv)最小限度于百分之十(10%)完全赌注在每个比赛或活动捐赠在一(1)年之内由赞助的组织对一个诚实的慈善或仁慈目的;

(v)单独组织或行家没有被使用执行比赛或活动或者协助解决在其中;

(vi)赞助的组织在执行比赛之前或活动产生书面的三十(30)日的通知单时间和地点因此对的县的执行机构它打算执行比赛或活动和执行机构或自治市不通过解决方法反对此外;

(vii)赞助的组织在wagering遵照国内税收编码的相关部分1954年，按照被修改，与税务相关。

(G)显示或对古董赌博的设备的专用使用在责任人的住宅。

(iv) “赌博的设备”意味所有设备、设备、设备或者设备除了是使用或可用的在演奏的阶段任何专业赌博的活动的一个古色古香的赌博的设备，该活动是否包括赌博在人员之间或赌博由介入演奏设备的人员;

(v) “赌博的前提”是否意味所有大厦、空间、封入物、通信工具、船或者其他安排，开放或围绕，过去常常或者打算为专业赌博使用。 所有安排，其中一个赌博的设备被找到被假定打算为专业赌博使用;

(vi) “赌博进行”平均值所有货币或属性在赌注或被显示在或与专业赌博相关;

(vii) “赌博的记录”意味产生，被制作，用于或者打算的所有记录、收货、票、证明、标记、清单或者记数法使用与专业赌博相关;

(viii) “专业人员赌博的”平均值：

(a)帮助或导致另提供赌博，以目的派生利润从那里; 或

(b)参加赌博和有，除由于技能或运气、丢失之外的少许机会或赢取的一个更加巨大的机会比一(1)或更多其他参与者; 并且

(ix) “利润”除收益之外的平均值福利，是认识到或未实现和直接或者间接的，包括从所有权、管理或者不同等的好处的福利参加一系列事务处理;

(x) “古色古香的赌博的设备”意味是至少二十五(25)年和为显示或私有娱乐仅使用在责任人的住宅，在公共和专用博物馆，拥有合法的赌博设备经销商或分销商或显示在状态或局部古迹的机械上或电子被管理的老虎机。

6-7-102. 赌博; 专业赌博; 补偿。

(a)提供赌博的人员做轻罪该罚由监禁为不超过六(6)月，一笔罚款不超过七百五十美元($750.00)，或者两个。

(b)提供专业人员赌博的人员犯重罪该罚由监禁不超过三(3)年，一笔罚款不超过三千美元($3,000.00)，或者两个。

6-7-103. 赌博设备，赌博的记录，赌博进行受夺取支配; 因此试样结果; 保护的古董赌博的设备。

所有赌博的设备、赌博的记录和赌博的收益是受夺取支配由所有治安员，并且被处理与法律符合。 一个古色古香的赌博的设备如是由W.S. 6-7-101 (a) (x)定义的不会是受夺取支配，除非用于所有方式违反此条款。

6-7-104. 做广告允许的赌博的活动或活动。

什么都在本章不禁止广告任何赌博的活动或活动排除从赌博在W.S. 6-7-101 (a) (iii)之下和执行由或为任何慈善或非盈利性组织或执行作为一个增进活动由清楚是偶尔和助手到该实体的主要商业的一个私人企业实体。

赌博的第945章

945.01定义。 在本章：

(1)打赌。 赌注是当事人同意的交易，从属在机会，即使伴随于若干技能，你突出赢取或丧失在协议指定的某事价值。

但赌注不包括：

(a)根据包括没有限制的合同法是有效的诚实的经济业务：

1. 合同为采购或销售额在证券或其他商品一个远期，和

2. 协议补尝包括没有限制赔偿契约的发生造成的损失机会或保证和生活或者健康和事故保险;

(b)在所有诚实的比赛提供钱包、奖或者溢价为实际兢争者为技能、速度、力量或者耐力的确定或者为在这样比赛或通信工具输入的诚实的责任人动物;

(cm)参与宾果游戏或废物执行在ch之下。 563.

(d) wagering受ch支配的派利分成法。 562.

(e)参与抽奖执行在ch之下。 565.

(2) BOOKMAKING。 “Bookmaking”在技能、速度、人员或动物的力量或者耐力所有比赛意味赌注或聘用的接受，记录或者向前打赌。

(3)赌博的设备。
(a)一个赌博的设备是为对价付得起球员机会得到某事值的设计，证书，其中偶然被确定，即使伴随于若干技能，并且是否奖由设备自动地支付。

(b) “赌博的设备”不包括以下每一个：
1. 用于执行宾果游戏场合或废物活动的设备在ch之下。 563，使用在执行抽奖在ch之下。 565或使用在执行种族在ch之下。 562.
2. 所有娱乐设备，如果它完全奖励球员以一个或更多nonredeemable自由为达到某些评分重赛，并且不更改比例或记录数量的自由重赛，因此授予了。
3. 介入技能的娱乐设备，如果它完全奖励球员与在娱乐设备内包含的商品适当和有限对奖、玩具和时新商品，有的其中每一不是超过7倍被充电的费用一次演奏娱乐设备或$5的一个批发值，哪些是较少。 在此细分， “技能”在为所有球员相当提供的机会之内意味，得到商品、球员的精确度、手巧或者能力奖或奖励使用使他或她得到更加常见的奖励或奖比的他们的知识另一个较不准确，灵巧或者熟知球员。

(4)赌博的安排。
(a)一个赌博的安排是所有大厦或帐篷、任何通信工具(不论是否自走)或所有空间在任何一个之内，其中一种基本用途是以下每一个： 做的和结算的赌注; 接受，暂挂，记录或者向前赌注或者聘用打赌; 执行的抽奖; 或演奏赌博的设备。

(上午) “赌博的安排”不包括一个安排，其中宾果游戏或废物执行在ch之下。 563，其中抽奖执行在ch之下。 565或其中种族执行在ch之下。 562和不包括是在建筑、发运、转换或者维修服务过程中由造船商业遵照s. 945.095的一艘赌博的船。

(b)见证安排有通用名誉作为一个赌博的安排或，在或关于在考虑中的时间，它由人员频繁地访问知道是专业赌徒或，以赌博的安排的frequenters是可接受的关于问题著名它是否是一个赌博的安排。

(c)所有赌博的安排是公害，并且可能进行下面ch。 823.

(5)抽奖。 (a)抽奖是企业，为对价参与者提供机会赢取奖，证书，其中偶然被确定，即使伴随于若干技能。

(上午) “抽奖”不包括宾果游戏或一堆废物执行在ch之下。 563， pari ？mutuel wagering执行在ch之下。 562或状态抽奖或者任何multijurisdictional抽奖执行在ch之下。 565.

(b) 1。 “对价”在此小节意味是一个商业或财务好处对促进者或缺点对所有参与者的任何事，但不包括任何好处对促进者或缺点对任何参与者导致，当所有参与者在哪里从报纸了解、杂志和其他期刊、收音机或者电视发送参与者的姓名和地址到促进者时。
2. 在所有比赛、图画、比赛、彩票，或者其他促销，下列都不构成对价在此小节之下：
a.听对或注意电视或无线电节目。

b.填好通过邮件在报纸或杂志被接受或被发布的赠券或报名表，如果赠券或报名表的传真或者手写和其他非正式的项是可接受的或，如果没有需要采购。

c.装备的购买证明，如果需要的证明比容器不包括更多任何产品如由制造商包装或者容器或者二者之一的传真的部分。

d.用信件发送赠券或报名表和购买证明到一个选定的地址。

e.填好在一个诚实的商品交易会的前提或报名表得到和放置的赠券或展览会被定义作为陈列由货物5个或更多竞争对手、商品或者商品在地点除一个零售设置或购物中心或其他安排之外，其中货物和服务习惯地被出售; 但，如果入会费收取到陈列所有设施为获得的和放置的赠券或报名表将是在入会费需要的区之外。

f.访问贸易的设置或其他安排，不用做采购或支付入场许可费用的需要。

(6)电汇通信设备。 “电汇通信设备”意味其中任一份和所有手段、人事部和服务和尤其通信收货、向前或者发运使用或有用在文字、符号、所有种类的照片和声音传输通过电汇、电缆，微波或者其他象这样传输的问题的始发地和接收的之间连接数。

945.02赌博。
谁执行以下每一个在选件类B轻罪上是有罪的：
(1)制造赌注; 或
(2)在一个赌博的安排进入或保持带有目的做赌注，参加抽奖，或者演奏一个赌博的设备; 或
(3)执行一次抽奖，或者带有目的执行抽奖，拥有设施如此执行。

945.03商业赌博。
(1m)谁故意地执行以下每一个提供赌博和，除了如所提供的商务在潜水艇。 (2m)，在选件类I重罪上是有罪的：
(a)参加收入或为收益运行或者允许一个赌博的安排的运算; 或
(b)为收益，接受，记录或者转接赌注或聘用到赌注或，带有目的接受，记录或者转接赌注或为赌注提供，拥有设施如此执行; 或
(c)为收益，成为提供的任何东西的保管人值赌注或被打赌; 或
(d)执行一次抽奖，其中对价和奖是货币，或者带有目的执行这样抽奖，拥有设施如此执行; 或
(e)设置为使用为赌博的目的或收集所有赌博的设备收益; 或
(f)为收益，在此状态维护所有记录、设备、票、证明、票据、清单、标记、在赌博或者其他设备使用的，或者将使用或者适应，构想或者设计为使用纸张、文字; 或
(g)为收益，用途电汇通信设备为协助解决安置的信息的传输或收货赌注或聘用打赌在任何体育事件或比赛，或者为让接收人能接受货币或赊帐由于赌注或为赌注提供电汇通信的传输。

(2m)如果违反潜水艇。 (1m)在收入在选件类“B”或“选件类B”许可证或者许可证被发行了在ch之下的前提介入财产、运算、收益的设置、收集，参与或维护或者介入作为提供的任何东西的保管人值赌注或被打赌，不超过5个视频赌博的设备。 125，人员可能被处罚如下：
(a)如果违反介入一个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$500。
(b)如果违反介入2个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$1,000。
(c)如果违反介入3个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$1,500。
(d)如果违反介入4个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$2,000。
(e)如果违反介入5个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$2,500。

945.04为商业赌博将使用的允许的前提。
(1m)除了如所提供在潜水艇。 (2m)，谁故意地执行以下每一个在选件类A轻罪上是有罪的：(a)允许其中任一不动产拥有或占用由他或她或在将使用的他们的控制之下作为一个赌博的安排; 或

(b)允许一个赌博的设备被设置为使用为赌博在安排的目的在他们的控制之下。

(2m)如果违反潜水艇。 (1m)在选件类“B”或“选件类B”许可证或者许可证被发行了在ch之下的前提介入对不超过5个视频赌博的设备的设置或使用。 125，人员可能被处罚如下：(a)如果违反介入一个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过$500。

(b)如果违反介入2个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过可能要求$1,000 (c)，如果违反介入3个视频赌博的设备，人员没收不超过$1,500。

(d)如果违反介入4个视频赌博的设备，可能要求人员没收不超过可能要求$2,000 (e)，如果违反介入5个视频赌博的设备，人员没收不超过$2,500。

945.041许可证和命令的废止赌博的设备。
(1)许可证或许可证发行了在ch之下。 125对熟悉允许所有老虎机、轮盘赌的赌轮、其他相似的机械赌博的设备或者编号瓶子或者其他设备的任何人为象赌博的表单设计了，或者bookmaking如被定义的任何跑马打赌或者其他在饮料的s. 945.01或者垦请从客户在s. 944.36之下将被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在被准许的前提或在连接数于是在人员直接地或间接控制的前提，将由巡回法庭取消由一次特殊行动如所提供在此部分。 如果许可证或许可证被取消了由ch所提供任何字符没有其他许可证或许可证。 125可能被发行对拿着许可证或许可证的人员，在一年的到期之前从废止的有效日期。 如果任何呼吁从废止被采取，期间命令坚持的任何期间在将添加到这一年。

(2)所有县司法行政官、undersheriff、副县长、警察或者其他市政警官或者任何人被核准强制执行赌博的法律在s. 165.60之下在10天之内将在获取这样信息报告以后对县的地方检查官所有证书持有人姓名和地址或permittee在ch之下。 125谁到他们的知识在潜水艇熟悉遭受或允许所有设备。 (1)或任何跑马打赌被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在被准许的前提或在连接数于是在这样证书持有人或permittee直接地或间接控制的前提。 这样官员或人员也向情况的地方检查官知识和发行了自治市或官员报告的名字许可证或许可证。 其他人员可以在文字和由该人员报表签署任何如此名字、地址和其他信息对地方检查官。 在10天之内在所有报表以后地方检查官将设立一次行动如以后提供，在县的巡回法庭或在这样时间报表之内将对检察长原因之前为什么这样行动未被设立。 检察长在合理时间之内可能处理司法部或地方检查官设立这样行动。

(3)这样行动将是以状态的名义，并且问题可能取决于陪审员。 它将由通知单的请愿和服务的归档设立如此中提供。 请愿将处理对巡回法庭，并且指出宣称存在辩解许可证废止或允许在潜水艇之下陆运的一个清楚和简明语句。 (1)，和将请求取消这样许可证的命令或允许。 它也将请求尔后克制被告的命令从熟悉遭受或允许任何如此设备或所有跑马打赌被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在前提直接地或间接控制由被告。 在这样请愿归档现场在司法电路之内将修理一时期为听到不超出30日从填写日期在一个安排，并且请愿和的通知单的听力复制时间和地点将服务在被告不少于20日在听证会日期之前。 作为召唤在民事诉讼服务的这样服务相似将做，除了它可能通过留给前述请愿和通知单的复制也做任何人充电带有被准许的前提的运算在s. 125.68 (2)之下。 请愿的指控将视为controverted和是争论中的，无需进一步恳求由被告。 听力不会被休会除了原因。 如果在这样听力现场发现请愿的指控是真的，它将发布取消许可证的一个书面命令或允许和尔后同样禁止被告从熟悉遭受或允许在潜水艇提到的所有赌博的设备。 (1)或任何跑马打赌被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在前提直接地或间接控制由被告。 地方检查官立即将造成命令的复制归档带有许可证的发行的权限或允许和造成复制服务在被告和在提供之上或被告的律师。 废止和命令将开始有效在这样服务。 在城镇、城市或者村庄处发行许可证，命令的复制也将归档带有收入的部门。

(4)在潜水艇提到的执法官员。 (2)也向地方检查官报告人员姓名和地址除证书持有人之外在ch之下。 125谁许可证设备在潜水艇提到了。 (1)或任何跑马打赌被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在这样人员直接地或间接控制的前提。 他们也将报告他们的情况的知识和地点的这样前提。 地方检查官于是将进行和一旦证书持有人或permittees，除了请愿的唯一的请求将是为在潜水艇提到的命令的发行。 将相应地更改(3)和其他必需的指控。
这样行动将有，并且这样injunctional预定进入和担当下面潜水艇。 (3).

(5)违反injunctional命令在此部分之下由现场是该罚的作为现场contempts在ch之下。 785.

(6)呼吁可能从巡回法庭在此之下发布的命令被采取和一旦特殊行动。

(7)地方检查官设立的任何行动不会驳回带有地方检查官的同意除了在巡回法庭的书面同意。

(8)在潜水艇或员工提到的任何官员。 不用适当的借口忽视或废物将尽职责此中需要他或她在这样次之内象的(2)或任何地方检查官可能指定将是受删除支配。 州长在州长的自己的行动可能去除任何如此县司法行政官或地方检查官在s. 17.16之下通过提出一项控告。

(9)每位官员和地方检查官将保留报表一个文字记录写由或对他或她在潜水艇之下。 (2).

(10)行动在此部分之下可能不为违反ch被开始。 563.

(11)行动在此部分之下可能不被开始取消选件类“B”或“选件类B”许可证或允许唯一发行在ch.125之下到人员，因为人员熟悉允许5或少量录影赌博的设备将被设置，被保留，管理，使用或者执行在被准许的前提。

945.05处理在赌博的设备。
(1)除了如所提供替补。 (1e) (b)和(1m)，谁商业制造，调用或拥有带有目的商业调用之一下列在选件类I重罪上是有罪的：

(a)他或她知道证据，声称见证的任何或被设计见证参与抽奖或做赌注; 或(b)他或她知道的所有设备为赌博的他或她知道的目的或任何完全设计完全被设计作为这样设备的子装配件或主要部分。 这包括，不用限制赌博的设备、编号瓶子、打孔机董事会和轮盘赌的赌轮。 纸牌，模子，永久禁用了赌博的设备，并且在1974年12月被制造的老虎机31日之前，打算为显示唯一使用，恢复和保存目的不完全将被认为设备为赌博的目的。
(1e) (a)在此小节， “被核准的赌博的设备”意味以下每一个：
1. 印第安赌博设备，如被定义在s. 569.01 (1j)。

2. 位于地产的赌博设置获取在1998年10月17日以后，由美国内政部长信任为印第安部落的目的。

3. 合法赌博发生的设备。

(b)小节(1)不适用于商业制造，调用或拥有带有目的调用在潜水艇描述的商业赌博的设备的人员。 (1) (a)和(b)对以下每一个：
1. 一个被核准的赌博的设备。

2. 提供一个培训程序它授予一个学士以上学位用于娱乐场赌博管理选件类的一个非盈利或公共教育机构。

(1m)如果违反潜水艇。 (1)介入一个视频赌博的设备的商业调用或一个视频赌博的设备的财产以目的商业调用，人员是受选件类C罚款支配。

(2)所有设备的财产证明为赌博的目的完全设计的，少于25年是，不在一个赌博的安排和没有被设置为使用，是财产的初步证据带有目的调用。

(3)，使用或被使用的任何机动车或航空器帮助在或实现在潜水艇列举的那些赌博的设备不合法的制造或商业调用。 (1)，在检察长或县地方检查官提出的诉讼可能由所有治安员占领，并且被没收对状态，其中通信工具或航空器是受罚款支配，并且这样活动将是以和代表状态的名义与ch符合。 778. Lienholders和责任人将有同样权利如所提供在s. 139.40。

945.06停止服务的公用事业。
当所有公用事业、公用载波、合同承包运输商或者铁路，以公益服务佣金、办公室委员铁路或运输部的辖区依据此状态的，被通知以书面方式由联邦，州或当地执法机构，操作在其辖区之内，使用它装备的任何设备或使用，为传输或获得赌博的信息违反此状态法律它将中断或拒绝谎话，装备或维护这样设备，在合理的通知单以后对用户，但没有故障、补偿或者罚款，民用或者犯罪的目的，将被查找任何如此共享 实用程序、公用载波、合同承包运输商或者铁路，为了其中任一条操作完成依从从执法机构接受的任何通知单在此部分之下。 什么都在此部分在任何现场不会视为使存偏见权利任何人受影响从而获取一个适当的确定如由法律否则提供或法庭或者机构，不应该中断或去除该这样设备，也不应该恢复。

945.07赌博由参加者在比赛。
(1)所有参与者，或者任何责任人、雇主、参与者的教练或者培训人，技能所有比赛，速度、入场被充电，在这样比赛做赌注在任何对手人员、设备或者动物的力量或者耐力在选件类A轻罪上是有罪的。

(2)在此部分， “参与者”包括被选择或准备在任何如此比赛参与的任何人。

945.08参加者贿赂在比赛。
(1)，与目的影响任何参与者避免从施加充分技能，速度的任何人，力量或耐力，在技能、速度、力量或者耐力比赛调用或承诺所有属性或任何私有好处对或代表所有参加者在选件类H重罪上是有罪的。

(2)所有参加者在同意或提供避免施加充分的技能、速度、力量或者耐力以换取任何属性或所有私有好处调用或被承诺对参与者的任何如此比赛或另在选件类A上是有罪的misdemeanor.

(3) In this section “participant” includes any person who is selected to or who expects to take part in any such contest.

945.09 Commercial printing.
Sections 945.02, 945.03 and 945.05 do not apply to any person who operates a commercial printing business and without consideration other than for regular and customary printing charges, prints and sells tickets in the ordinary course of business which have been ordered by a customer in another state to be sold in that state, if the lottery is lawful in the state from which the order is placed and the order is shipped to such customer in that state.

945.095 Shipbuilding business.
(1) Notwithstanding ss. 945.03, 945.04 and 945.05, a person may construct, deliver, convert or repair a vessel that is equipped with gambling devices if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) The work performed on the vessel is ordered by a customer who shall use or possess the vessel outside of this state in a locality where the use or possession of the gambling devices on the vessel is lawful.

(b) The person performs the work on the vessel that is equipped with the gambling devices at a shipbuilding business that is located in Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Superior or La Crosse, Wisconsin.

(c) The person registers with the U.S. attorney general, pursuant to 15 USC 1173, and specifies in that registration that the person is in the business of installing and removing gambling devices, as defined in 15 USC 1171 (a), as part of the process of performing work on vessels ordered by a customer who shall use or possess the vessel outside of this state in a locality where the use or possession of the gambling devices on the vessel is lawful.

(d) The person provides the department of administration, prior to the importation of the gambling devices into the state, all records that account for the gambling devices, including the identification number affixed to each gambling device by the manufacturer, and that identify the location where the gambling devices will be stored prior to the installation of the gambling devices on the vessel.

(e) The person stores the gambling devices at a secured warehouse facility and permits any person authorized to enforce the gambling laws under s. 165.50 to inspect the facility where the gambling devices are stored and any records relating to the gambling devices.

(f) If the person removes used gambling devices from a vessel, the person shall provide the department of administration with an inventory of the used gambling devices prior to their removal from the vessel. The inventory shall include the identification number affixed to each gambling device by the manufacturer.

(g) The person submits documentation to the department of administration, no later than 30 days after the date of delivery, that the vessel equipped with gambling devices has been delivered to the customer who ordered the work performed on the vessel.

(h) The person does not sell a gambling device to any other person except to a customer who shall use or possess the gambling device outside of this state in a locality where the use or possession of the gambling device is lawful. If a person sells a gambling device to such a customer, the person shall submit documentation to the department of administration, no later than 30 days after the date of delivery, that the gambling device has been delivered to the customer.

(2) If any person who constructs, delivers, converts or repairs a vessel that is equipped with gambling devices does not satisfy all of the conditions under sub. (1), the person is subject to ss. 945.03, 945.04 and 945.05.

945.10 Prizes forfeited.
Anything of value received by any person as a prize in any lottery conducted in violation of this chapter shall be forfeited to the state and may be recovered in any proper action brought by the attorney general or any district attorney in the name and on behalf of the state.

945.12 Endless sales chains.
Whoever sets up, promotes or aids in the promotion of a plan by which motor vehicles are sold to a person for a consideration and upon the further consideration that the purchaser agrees to secure one or more persons to participate in the plan by respectively making a similar purchase and in turn agreeing to secure one or more persons likewise to join in said plan, each purchaser being given the right to secure money, credits, goods or something of value, depending upon the number of persons joining in the plan, shall be held to have set up and promoted a lottery and shall be punished as provided in s. 945.02. The further prosecution of any such plan may be enjoined.

Cross-reference: See also s. 218.0116 (1) (jm) as to endless chain vehicle sales.

945.13 Interstate transportation of gambling devices.
Pursuant to the authority granted the state in 15 USC 1172, which makes unlawful the transportation of any gambling device to any place in a state or a possession of the United States from any place outside of the state or the possession, this state exempts Sturgeon Bay, Manitowoc, Marinette, Superior and La Crosse, Wisconsin, from the application of 15 USC 1172.

§8-12-5. General powers of every municipality and the governing body thereof.

In addition to the powers and authority granted by: (i) The constitution of this state; (ii) other provisions of this chapter; (iii) other general law; and (iv) any charter, and to the extent not inconsistent or in conflict with any of the foregoing except special legislative charters, every municipality and the governing body thereof shall have plenary power and authority therein by ordinance or resolution, as the case may require, and by appropriate action based thereon: ….
(22) To arrest, convict and punish any person for gambling or keeping any gaming tables, commonly called “A, B, C,” or “E, O,” table or faro bank or keno table, or table of like kind, under any denomination, whether the gaming table be played with cards, dice or otherwise, or any person who shall be a partner or concerned in interest, in keeping or exhibiting the table or bank, or keeping or maintaining any gaming house or place, or betting or gambling for money or anything of value;

§55-9-2. Recovery of money or property lost in gaming.

If any person shall lose to another within twenty-four hours ten dollars or more, or property of that value, and shall pay or deliver the same, or any part thereof, such loser may recover back from the winner the money or property, or in lieu of the property the value thereof, so lost, by suit in court, or before a justice, according to the amount or value, brought within three months after such payment or delivery. The loser may so recover from the winner, notwithstanding the payment or delivery was to the winner’s indorsee, assignee, or transferee. But nothing in this section shall be so construed as to permit a recovery of such property, or its value, from any person (or those claiming under him) other than the winner, when such person has paid value for such property without notice of illegal consideration under which the winner derived his claim of title.

ARTICLE 10. CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.

§61-10-1. Keeping or exhibiting gaming table, machine, or device; penalty; seizure of table, machine or device; forfeiture of money used in such gaming.

Any person who shall keep or exhibit a gaming table, commonly called A.B.C. or E.O. table, or faro bank, or keno table, or any slot machine, multiple coin console machine, multiple coin console slot machine or device in the nature of a slot machine, or any other gaming table or device of like kind, under any denomination, or which has no name, whether the game, table, bank, machine or device be played with cards, dice or otherwise, or shall be a partner, or concerned in interest, in keeping or exhibiting such table, bank, machine or gaming device of any character, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not less than two nor more than twelve months and be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars. Any such table, faro bank, machine or gaming device, and all money staked or exhibited to allure persons to bet at such table, or upon such gaming device, may be seized by order of a court, or under the warrant of a justice, and the money so seized shall be forfeited to the county and paid into the treasury of the county in which such seizure is made, and the table, faro bank, machine or gaming device shall be completely destroyed: Provided, however, That the provisions of this section shall not extend to coin-operated nonpayout machines with free play feature or to automatic weighing, measuring, musical and vending machines which are so constructed as to give a certain uniform and fair return in value or services for each coin deposited therein and in which there is no element of chance.

§61-10-2. Permitting gaming table or device on premises; penalty.

If any person knowingly permit a gaming table, bank or device, such as is mentioned in the preceding section, to be kept or exhibited on any premises in his occupation, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year, and be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars.

§61-10-3. Unlawful to act as doorkeeper, guard or watch for keeper of gaming table or device; penalty.

If any person shall act as doorkeeper, guard or watch, or employ another person to act as such, for a keeper or exhibitor of any such gaming table, bank or device, or shall resist, or by any means or device, prevent, hinder or delay the lawful arrest of such keeper or exhibitor, or the seizure of the table, bank or device, or money exhibited or staked thereat, or shall unlawfully take the same from the person seizing it, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year and be fined not exceeding one thousand dollars.

§61-10-4. Playing or betting at gaming tables and devices; playing or betting on games at hotels and public places; penalty.

If any person bet or play at any such gaming table, bank or device as is mentioned in the first section of this article, or if, at any hotel or tavern, or other public place, or place of public resort, he play at any game except bowls, chess or backgammon, draughts or a licensed game, or bet on the sides of those who play at any game, whether the game be permitted or licensed or not, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall, if required by the court, give security for his good behavior for one year, or, in default thereof, may be imprisoned in the county jail not more than three months.

§61-10-5. Betting on games of chance; furnishing money or thing of value therefor; penalty.

If any person at any place, public or private, bet or wage money or other thing of value on any game of chance, or shall knowingly furnish any money or other thing of value to any other person to bet or wage on any such game, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than five nor more than three hundred dollars, and shall, if required by the court, give security for his good behavior for one year, and in default of the payment of such fine and the costs and the execution of such bond, if such bond be required, shall be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten nor more than thirty days.

[Omitted

§61-10-6. Permitting gaming at hotels; penalty.

§61-10-7. Presumption against hotelkeeper.

§61-10-8. Gaming at outhouse of hotel; penalty]

§61-10-9. Cheating at gaming; penalty.

If any person playing at any game, or making a wager, or having a share in any stake or wager, or betting on the hands or sides of others playing at any game or making a wager, shall cheat, or by fraudulent means win or acquire for himself, or another, money or other valuable thing, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be confined in jail not more than one year and fined not less than five times the value of the money or thing won or acquired.

[Omitted

§61-10-10. Poolroom defined; selling tickets and chances in lottery; penalty.

§61-10-11. Lotteries or raffles; penalty.

§61-10-11a. “Policy” or “numbers”; penalty.

§61-10-11b. Possession of “policy” or “numbers” slips unlawful.

§61-10-13. Associations and companies trading as bank without authority of law; penalty.]

§61-10-14. Laws on gaming, lotteries and unchartered banks remedial.

All laws for suppressing gaming, lotteries and unchartered banks shall be construed as remedial.

RCW 4.24.070 Recovery of money lost at gambling.

All persons losing money or anything of value at or on any illegal gambling games shall have a cause of action to recover from the dealer or player winning, or from the proprietor for whose benefit such game was played or dealt, or such money or things of value won, the amount of the money or the value of the thing so lost.

RCW 9.46.010
Legislative declaration.

The public policy of the state of Washington on gambling is to keep the criminal element out of gambling and to promote the social welfare of the people by limiting the nature and scope of gambling activities and by strict regulation and control.

It is hereby declared to be the policy of the legislature, recognizing the close relationship between professional gambling and organized crime, to restrain all persons from seeking profit from professional gambling activities in this state; to restrain all persons from patronizing such professional gambling activities; to safeguard the public against the evils induced by common gamblers and common gambling houses engaged in professional gambling; and at the same time, both to preserve the freedom of the press and to avoid restricting participation by individuals in activities and social pastimes, which activities and social pastimes are more for amusement rather than for profit, do not maliciously affect the public, and do not breach the peace.

The legislature further declares that the raising of funds for the promotion of bona fide charitable or nonprofit organizations is in the public interest as is participation in such activities and social pastimes as are hereinafter in this chapter authorized.

The legislature further declares that the conducting of bingo, raffles, and amusement games and the operation of punch boards, pull-tabs, card games and other social pastimes, when conducted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto, are hereby authorized, as are only such lotteries for which no valuable consideration has been paid or agreed to be paid as hereinafter in this chapter provided.

The legislature further declares that fishing derbies shall not constitute any form of gambling and shall not be considered as a lottery, a raffle, or an amusement game and shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted hereunder.

The legislature further declares that raffles authorized by the fish and wildlife commission involving hunting big game animals or wild turkeys shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter or any rules and regulations adopted hereunder, with the exception of this section and RCW 9.46.400.

All factors incident to the activities authorized in this chapter shall be closely controlled, and the provisions of this chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve such end.

RCW 9.46.0201
“Amusement game.”

as used in this chapter, means a game played for entertainment in which:

(1) The contestant actively participates;
(2) The outcome depends in a material degree upon the skill of the contestant;
(3) Only merchandise prizes are awarded;
(4) The outcome is not in the control of the operator;
(5) The wagers are placed, the winners are determined, and a distribution of prizes or property is made in the presence of all persons placing wagers at such game; and
(6) Said game is conducted or operated by any agricultural fair, person, association, or organization in such manner and at such locations as may be authorized by rules and regulations adopted by the commission pursuant to this chapter as now or hereafter amended.
Cake walks as commonly known and fish ponds as commonly known shall be treated as amusement games for all purposes under this chapter.

RCW 9.46.0205
“Bingo.”

as used in this chapter, means a game conducted only in the county within which the organization is principally located in which prizes are awarded on the basis of designated numbers or symbols on a card conforming to numbers or symbols selected at random and in which no cards are sold except at the time and place of said game, when said game is conducted by a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization, or if an agricultural fair authorized under chapters 15.76 and 36.37 RCW, which does not conduct bingo on more than twelve consecutive days in any calendar year, and except in the case of any agricultural fair as authorized under chapters 15.76 and 36.37 RCW, no person other than a bona fide member or an employee of said organization takes any part in the management or operation of said game, and no person who takes any part in the management or operation of said game takes any part in the management or operation of any game conducted by any other organization or any other branch of the same organization, unless approved by the commission, and no part of the proceeds thereof inure to the benefit of any person other than the organization conducting said game. For the purposes of this section, the organization shall be deemed to be principally located in the county within which it has its primary business office. If the organization has no business office, the organization shall be deemed to be located in the county of principal residence of its chief executive officer: PROVIDED, That any organization which is conducting any licensed and established bingo game in any locale as of January 1, 1981, shall be exempt from the requirement that such game be conducted in the county in which the organization is principally located.

RCW 9.46.0209
“Bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization.”

as used in this chapter, means: (1) Any organization duly existing under the provisions of chapter 24.12, 24.20, or 24.28 RCW, any agricultural fair authorized under the provisions of chapters 15.76 or 36.37 RCW, or any nonprofit corporation duly existing under the provisions of chapter 24.03 RCW for charitable, benevolent, eleemosynary, educational, civic, patriotic, political, social, fraternal, athletic or agricultural purposes only, or any nonprofit organization, whether incorporated or otherwise, when found by the commission to be organized and operating for one or more of the aforesaid purposes only, all of which in the opinion of the commission have been organized and are operated primarily for purposes other than the operation of gambling activities authorized under this chapter;….

RCW 9.46.0213
“Bookmaking.”

as used in this chapter, means accepting bets, upon the outcome of future contingent events, as a business or in which the bettor is charged a fee or “vigorish” for the opportunity to place a bet.

RCW 9.46.0217
“Commercial stimulant.”

as used in this chapter, means an activity is operated as a commercial stimulant, for the purposes of this chapter, only when it is an activity operated in connection with an established business, with the purpose of increasing the volume of sales of food or drink for consumption on that business premises. The commission may by rule establish guidelines and criteria for applying this definition to its applicants and licensees for gambling activities authorized by this chapter as commercial stimulants.

RCW 9.46.0221
“Commission.”

as used in this chapter, means the Washington state gambling commission created in RCW 9.46.040.

RCW 9.46.0225
“Contest of chance.”

as used in this chapter, means any contest, game, gaming scheme, or gaming device in which the outcome depends in a material degree upon an element of chance, notwithstanding that skill of the contestants may also be a factor therein.

[Definitions of “Fishing Derby” and “Fund Raising Event” omitted.]

RCW 9.46.0237
“Gambling.”

as used in this chapter, means staking or risking something of value upon the outcome of a contest of chance or a future contingent event not under the person’s control or influence, upon an agreement or understanding that the person or someone else will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome.

Gambling does not include fishing derbies as defined by this chapter, parimutuel betting as authorized by chapter 67.16 RCW, bona fide business transactions valid under the law of contracts, including, but not limited to, contracts for the purchase or sale at a future date of securities or commodities, and agreements to compensate for loss caused by the happening of chance, including, but not limited to, contracts of indemnity or guarantee and life, health, or accident insurance.

In addition, a contest of chance which is specifically excluded from the definition of lottery under this chapter shall not constitute gambling.

RCW 9.46.0241
“Gambling device.”

as used in this chapter, means:

(1) Any device or mechanism the operation of which a right to money, credits, deposits or other things of value may be created, in return for a consideration, as the result of the operation of an element of chance, including, but not limited to slot machines, video pull-tabs, video poker, and other electronic games of chance;

(2) any device or mechanism which, when operated for a consideration, does not return the same value or thing of value for the same consideration upon each operation thereof;

(3) any device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation designed primarily for use in connection with professional gambling; and

(4) any subassembly or essential part designed or intended for use in connection with any such device, mechanism, furniture, fixture, construction or installation.

In the application of this definition, a pinball machine or similar mechanical amusement device which confers only an immediate and unrecorded right of replay on players thereof, which does not contain any mechanism which varies the chance of winning free games or the number of free games which may be won or a mechanism or a chute for dispensing coins or a facsimile thereof, and which prohibits multiple winnings depending upon the number of coins inserted and requires the playing of five balls individually upon the insertion of a nickel or dime, as the case may be, to complete any one operation thereof, shall not be deemed a gambling device: PROVIDED, That owning, possessing, buying, selling, renting, leasing, financing, holding a security interest in, storing, repairing and transporting such pinball machines or similar mechanical amusement devices shall not be deemed engaging in professional gambling for the purposes of this chapter and shall not be a violation of this chapter: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any fee for the purchase or rental of any such pinball machines or similar amusement devices shall have no relation to the use to which such machines are put but be based only upon the market value of any such machine, regardless of the location of or type of premises where used, and any fee for the storing, repairing and transporting thereof shall have no relation to the use to which such machines are put, but be commensurate with the cost of labor and other expenses incurred in any such storing, repairing and transporting.

RCW 9.46.0245
“Gambling information.”

as used in this chapter, means any wager made in the course of and any information intended to be used for professional gambling. In the application of this definition, information as to wagers, betting odds and changes in betting odds shall be presumed to be intended for use in professional gambling. This section shall not apply to newspapers of general circulation or commercial radio and television stations licensed by the federal communications commission.

RCW 9.46.0249
“Gambling premises.”

as used in this chapter, means any building, room, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or other place used or intended to be used for professional gambling. In the application of this definition, any place where a gambling device is found shall be presumed to be intended to be used for professional gambling.

RCW 9.46.0253
“Gambling record.”

as used in this chapter, means any record, receipt, ticket, certificate, token, slip or notation given, made, used or intended to be used in connection with professional gambling.

RCW 9.46.0257
“Lottery.”

as used in this chapter, means a scheme for the distribution of money or property by chance, among persons who have paid or agreed to pay a valuable consideration for the chance.

RCW 9.46.0261
“Member,” “bona fide member.”

as used in this chapter, mean a person accepted for membership in an organization eligible to be licensed by the commission under this chapter upon application, with such action being recorded in the official minutes of a regular meeting or who has held full and regular membership status in the organization for a period of not less than twelve consecutive months prior to participating in the management or operation of any gambling activity. Such membership must in no way be dependent upon, or in any way related to, the payment of consideration to participate in any gambling activity….

RCW 9.46.0265
“Player.”

as used in this chapter, means a natural person who engages, on equal terms with the other participants, and solely as a contestant or bettor, in any form of gambling in which no person may receive or become entitled to receive any profit therefrom other than personal gambling winnings, and without otherwise rendering any material assistance to the establishment, conduct or operation of a particular gambling activity. A natural person who gambles at a social game of chance on equal terms with the other participants shall not be considered as rendering material assistance to the establishment, conduct or operation of the social game merely by performing, without fee or remuneration, acts directed toward the arrangement or facilitation of the game, such as inviting persons to play, permitting the use of premises for the game, or supplying cards or other equipment to be used in the games. A person who engages in “bookmaking” as defined in this chapter is not a “player.” A person who pays a fee or “vigorish” enabling him or her to place a wager with a bookmaker, or pays a fee other than as authorized by this chapter to participate in a card game, contest of chance, lottery, or gambling activity, is not a player.

RCW 9.46.0269
“Professional gambling.”

(1) A person is engaged in “professional gambling” for the purposes of this chapter when:

(a) Acting other than as a player or in the manner authorized by this chapter, the person knowingly engages in conduct which materially aids any form of gambling activity; or

(b) Acting other than in a manner authorized by this chapter, the person pays a fee to participate in a card game, contest of chance, lottery, or other gambling activity; or

(c) Acting other than as a player or in the manner authorized by this chapter, the person knowingly accepts or receives money or other property pursuant to an agreement or understanding with any other person whereby he or she participates or is to participate in the proceeds of gambling activity; or

(d) The person engages in bookmaking; or

(e) The person conducts a lottery; or

(f) The person violates RCW 9.46.039. [Greyhound racing.]

(2) Conduct under subsection (1)(a) of this section, except as exempted under this chapter, includes but is not limited to conduct directed toward the creation or establishment of the particular game, contest, scheme, device or activity involved, toward the acquisition or maintenance of premises, paraphernalia, equipment or apparatus therefor,

toward the solicitation or inducement of persons to participate therein,

toward the actual conduct of the playing phases thereof,

toward the arrangement of any of its financial or recording phases, or

toward any other phase of its operation.

If a person having substantial proprietary or other authoritative control over any premises shall permit the premises to be used with the person’s knowledge for the purpose of conducting gambling activity other than gambling activities authorized by this chapter, and acting other than as a player, and the person permits such to occur or continue or makes no effort to prevent its occurrence or continuation, the person shall be considered as being engaged in professional gambling: PROVIDED, That the proprietor of a bowling establishment who awards prizes obtained from player contributions, to players successfully knocking down pins upon the contingency of identifiable pins being placed in a specified position or combination of positions, as designated by the posted rules of the bowling establishment, where the proprietor does not participate in the proceeds of the “prize fund” shall not be construed to be engaging in “professional gambling” within the meaning of this chapter: PROVIDED FURTHER, That the books and records of the games shall be open to public inspection.

9.46.0273 “Punch boards,” “pull-tabs”

as used in this chapter, shall be given their usual and ordinary meaning as of July 16, 1973, except that such definition may be revised by the commission pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this chapter.

9.46.0277 “Raffle”

means a game in which tickets bearing an individual number are sold for not more than twenty-five dollars each and in which a prize or prizes are awarded on the basis of a drawing from the tickets by the person or persons conducting the game, when the game is conducted by a bona fide charitable or nonprofit organization, no person other than a bona fide member of the organization takes any part in the management or operation of the game, and no part of the proceeds thereof inure to the benefit of any person other than the organization conducting the game.

RCW 9.46.0282
“Social card game.”

as used in this chapter means a card game that constitutes gambling and is authorized by the commission under RCW 9.46.070. Authorized card games may include a house-banked or a player-funded banked card game. No one may participate in the card game or have an interest in the proceeds of the card game who is not a player or a person licensed by the commission to participate in social card games. There shall be two or more participants in the card game who are players or persons licensed by the commission. The card game must be played in accordance with the rules adopted by the commission under RCW 9.46.070, which shall include but not be limited to rules for the collection of fees, limitation of wagers, and management of player funds. The number of tables authorized shall be set by the commission but shall not exceed a total of fifteen separate tables per establishment.

RCW 9.46.0285
“Thing of value.”

as used in this chapter, means any money or property, any token, object or article exchangeable for money or property, or any form of credit or promise, directly or indirectly, contemplating transfer of money or property or of any interest therein, or involving extension of a service, entertainment or a privilege of playing at a game or scheme without charge.

RCW 9.46.0289
“Whoever,” “person.”

as used in this chapter, include natural persons, corporations and partnerships and associations of persons; and when any corporate officer, director or stockholder or any partner authorizes, participates in, or knowingly accepts benefits from any violation of this chapter committed by his or her corporation or partnership, he or she shall be punishable for such violation as if it had been directly committed by him or her.

9.46.0305 Dice or coin contests for music, food, or beverage payment

The legislature hereby authorizes the wagering on the outcome of the roll of dice or the flipping of or matching of coins on the premises of an establishment engaged in the business of selling food or beverages for consumption on the premises to determine which of the participants will pay for coin-operated music on the premises or certain items of food or beverages served or sold by such establishment and therein consumed. Such establishments are hereby authorized to possess dice and