2005 Missouri Revised Statutes - § 572.050. — Possession of gambling records in the first degree.

572.050. 1. A person commits the crime of possession of gambling records in the first degree if, with knowledge of the contents thereof, he possesses any gambling record of a kind used:

(1) In the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five bets totaling more than five hundred dollars; or

(2) In the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or policy scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five hundred plays or chances therein.

2. A person does not commit a crime under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section if the gambling record possessed by the defendant constituted, reflected or represented bets of the defendant himself in a number not exceeding ten.

3. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under subsection 2.

4. Possession of gambling records in the first degree is a class D felony.

(L. 1977 S.B. 60)

Effective 1-1-79