2014 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XXXVIII CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS (556-600)
Chapter 572 Gambling
Section 572.060 Until December 31, 2016--Possession of gambling records in the second degree.
572.060. 1. A person commits the crime of possession of gambling records in the second 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; or
(2) In the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or policy scheme or enterprise.
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 second degree is a class A misdemeanor.
(L. 1977 S.B. 60)
Effective 1-01-79
*This section was amended by S.B. 491, 2014, effective 1-01-17. Due to the delayed effective date, both versions of this section are printed here.
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