2009 Maine Code
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 39: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING
17-A §953. Aggravated unlawful gambling

Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE

Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES

Chapter 39: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING

§953. Aggravated unlawful gambling

1. A person is guilty of aggravated unlawful gambling if he intentionally or knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:

A. Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that the person receives or accepts in any 24-hour period more than 5 bets totaling more than $500; or [1995, c. 224, §9 (AMD).]

B. Receiving in connection with a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise, money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or [1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]

C. Receiving in connection with a lottery, mutuel or other gambling scheme or enterprise more than $1,000 in any 24-hour period played in the scheme or enterprise. [1995, c. 224, §10 (AMD).]

[ 1995, c. 224, §§9, 10 (AMD) .]

2. Aggravated gambling is a Class B crime.

[ 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW) .]

SECTION HISTORY

1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). 1975, c. 740, §94 (AMD). 1977, c. 55, (AMD). 1995, c. 224, §§9,10 (AMD).