2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 55 - Riot, Disorderly Conduct and Related Offenses
5514 - Pool selling and bookmaking.

     § 5514.  Pool selling and bookmaking.
        A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if
     he:
            (1)  engages in pool selling or bookmaking;
            (2)  occupies any place for the purpose of receiving,
        recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;
            (3)  receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports
        or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the
        result of any political nomination, appointment or election,
        or upon any contest of any nature;
            (4)  becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or
        ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be
        staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or
            (5)  being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any
        premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used
        or occupied for any of such purposes.

        Cross References.  Section 5514 is referred to in sections
     911, 5708 of this title; section 3304 of Title 5 (Athletics and
     Sports); section 5552 of Title 42 (Judiciary and Judicial
     Procedure).

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