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§21-981.
§21-981.
As used in this act:
1. A "bet" is a bargain in which the parties agree that, dependent
upon chance, or in which one of the parties to the transaction has
valid reason to believe that it is dependent upon chance, one stands
to win or lose something of value specified in the agreement. A bet
does not include:
a. bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of
contracts including, but not limited to, contracts for the purchase or
sale at a future date of securities or other commodities and
agreements to compensation for loss caused by the happening of the
chance including, but not limited to, contracts of indemnity or
guaranty and life or health and accident insurance; or
b. any charity game conducted pursuant to the provisions of the
Oklahoma Charity Games Act; or
c. offers of purses, prizes or premiums to the actual participants in
public and semipublic events, as follows, to wit: Rodeos, animal
shows, expositions, fairs, athletic events, tournaments and other
shows and contests where the participants qualify for a monetary prize
or other recognition. This subparagraph further excepts an entry fee
from the definition of "a bet" as applied to enumerated public and
semipublic events.
2. "Consideration" as used in this section means anything which is a
commercial or financial advantage to the promoter or a disadvantage to
any participant. Mere registration without purchase of goods or
services; personal attendance at places or events, without payment of
an admission price or fee; listening to or watching radio and
television programs; answering the telephone or making a telephone
call and acts of like nature are not consideration. As used in this
paragraph, the term "consideration" shall not include sums of money
paid by or for participants in any bingo game or a game of chance with
comparable characteristics as defined by subparagraph b of paragraph 1
of this section and it shall be conclusively presumed that such sums
paid by or for said participants were intended by said participants to
be for the benefit of the organizations described in subparagraph b of
paragraph 1 of this section for the use of such organizations in
furthering the purposes of such organizations;
3. A "gambling device" is a contrivance designed primarily for
gambling purposes which for a consideration affords the player an
opportunity to obtain something of value, the award of which is
determined by chance, or any token, chip, paper, receipt or other
document which evidences, purports to evidence or is designed to
evidence participation in a lottery or the making of a bet. The fact
that the prize is not automatically paid by the device does not affect
its character as a gambling device; and
4. A "gambling place" is any place, room, building, vehicle, tent or
location which is used for any of the following: making and settling
bets; receiving, holding, recording or forwarding bets or offers to
bet; conducting lotteries; or playing gambling devices. Evidence that
the place has a general reputation as a gambling place or that, at or
about the time in question, it was frequently visited by persons known
to be commercial gamblers or known as frequenters of gambling places
is admissible on the issue of whether it is a gambling place.
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