2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 71 - Sports and Amusements
7103 - Horse racing.

     § 7103.  Horse racing.
        (a)  Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of
     the third degree if he races, runs, paces or trots any horse,
     mare or gelding for money, goods or other valuable things, or
     contributes or collects any money, goods or valuable things to
     make up a purse therefor, or prints or causes to be printed,
     sets up or causes to be set up any advertisement mentioning the
     time and place for the running, pacing or trotting of any
     horses, mares or geldings, or knowingly suffers any such
     advertisement to be attached to his property or to remain on his
     property.
        (b)  Wagers void.--All wagers and bets laid on any such race
     shall be null and void, and money, goods and valuable things
     lost on any such race, or the value thereof, may be recovered
     from the winner by action of assumpsit.
        (c)  Exceptions.--Nothing contained in this section shall be
     construed as applying to racing at exhibitions of agricultural
     societies and associations, nor to trials of speed in any
     incorporated driving park, nor to races given by regularly
     incorporated trotting or thoroughbred racing associations, nor
     to races conducted pursuant to other applicable provisions of
     law.