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2018 Georgia Code 16-12-28 | Car Wreck Lawyer

Link to State of Georgia Official Statute 2018 Georgia Code Annotated (sourced from legal.resource.org)
O.C.G.A. 16-12-28 Case Law from Google Scholar Amendments to OCGA 16-12-28

TITLE 16 CRIMES AND OFFENSES

Section 12. Offenses Against Public Health and Morals, 16-12-1 through 16-12-191.

ARTICLE 2 GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES

16-12-28. Communicating gambling information.

  1. A person who knowingly communicates information as to bets, betting odds, or changes in betting odds or who knowingly installs or maintains equipment for the transmission or receipt of such information with the intent to further gambling commits the offense of communicating gambling information.
  2. A person who commits the offense of communicating gambling information, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years or by a fine not to exceed $5,000.00, or both.

(Code 1933, § 26-2706, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)

Cross references.

- Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.

Law reviews.

- For article, "A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO," see 9 Ga. St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993). For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970).

JUDICIAL DECISIONS

Cited in Cox v. State, 160 Ga. App. 199, 286 S.E.2d 482 (1981); Evans v. State, 252 Ga. 312, 314 S.E.2d 421 (1984).

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 38 Am. Jur. 2d, Gambling, §§ 81, 97 et seq.

C.J.S.

- 38 C.J.S., Gaming, § 176.

ALR.

- Paraphernalia or appliances used for recording gambling transactions or receiving or furnishing gambling information as gaming "devices" within criminal statute or ordinance, 1 A.L.R.3d 726.

Right or duty to refuse telephone, telegraph, or other wire service in aid of illegal gambling operations, 30 A.L.R.3d 1143.

Validity, construction, and application of statute or ordinance prohibiting or regulating use of messenger services to place wagers in pari-mutuel pool, 78 A.L.R.4th 483.

Cases Citing Georgia Code 16-12-28 From Courtlistener.com

Total Results: 2

State v. Singh

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 2012-09-10

Citation: 291 Ga. 525, 731 S.E.2d 649, 2012 Fulton County D. Rep. 2778, 2012 WL 3888193, 2012 Ga. LEXIS 691

Snippet: sufficiently alleged violations of OCGA §§ 16-12-22 and 16-12-28. Relying on this Court’s decision in Cisco v.

Evans v. State

Court: Supreme Court of Georgia | Date Filed: 1984-03-15

Citation: 314 S.E.2d 421, 252 Ga. 312, 1984 Ga. LEXIS 692

Snippet: and communicating gambling information, OCGA § 16-12-28 (Code Ann. § 26-2706). Appellants do not contend