Any person who for gain, hire or
profit engages in pool selling or book making at any time or place within this
state; or any person who keeps or occupies any room, shed, tenement, tent,
booth or building, float or vessel, or any part thereof, or who occupies any
place or stand of any kind, upon any public or private grounds within this
state, with books, papers, paraphernalia, or mechanical device, for the
purpose of engaging in pool selling or book making, or recording or
registering bets or wagers; or who sells pools or makes books upon the result
of any trial or contest of skill, speed or power of endurance of man or beast
for gain, hire or reward; or any person who, for gain, hire or reward,
receives, registers, records and forwards to any other place, within or
without this state, any money, consideration or thing of value for the purpose
of having it there bet or wagered by or for any person, who at such place
sells pools or makes books upon any such event, or any person who, being the
owner, lessee or occupant of any such room, shed, tenement, tent, booth or
building, float or vessel, or part thereof, or any grounds within this state,
knowingly and wilfully permits the same to be occupied and used for any of the
purposes aforesaid, unless unable to legally prevent the same; or any person
who aids, assists or abets in any manner in any of said acts which are hereby
forbidden, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction is punishable by a
fine of not more than $300 or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period
of not more than six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment. |
