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Haw. Rev. Stat. § 712-1222 (2026)

  Promoting gambling in the second degree

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     §712-1222  Promoting gambling in the second degree.  (1)  A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the second degree if the person negligently advances or profits from gambling activity.

     (2)  Promoting gambling in the second degree is a class C felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 201, pt of §1; am L 1987, c 83, §2; gen ch 1992; am L 2022, c 111, §5]

 

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1974–2025 · leading case: Marsland v. Pang, 701 P.2d 175 (Haw. App. 1985).
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Marsland v. Pang, 701 P.2d 175 (Haw. App. 1985). · cites it 4× “Promoting gambling in the second degree in violation of HRS § 712-1222 (1976). 3. Gambling in violation of HRS § 712-1223 (1976).”
State v. Yip, 987 P.2d 996 (Haw. App. 1999). · cites it 6× “se of all evidence, Appellant moved for judgment of acquittal grounded in the lack of any evidence that Appellant had personally received or had due and payable more than $1000—the monetary threshold set forth in HRS § 712-1221(l)(c) for promoting gambling in the first degree, a…”
State v. Bonnell, 856 P.2d 1265 (Haw. 1993). · cites it 2× “Maielua was also charged with three counts of promoting gambling in the second degree (a misdemeanor) in violation of HRS § 712-1222 (Supp. 1992) and one count of possession of gambling records in the second degree (a misdemeanor) in violation of HRS § 712-1225 (1985).”
State v. Austria, 524 P.2d 290 (Haw. 1974). · cites it 2× “The defendants were charged with the offense of Promoting Gambling in the Second Degree, HRS § 712-1222 (Supp. 1973). They moved to suppress evidence of the charged offense which had been seized pursuant to a search by search warrant of an alleged illegal gambling establishment.”
Kaneshiro v. Eleven, 150 Haw. 329 (Haw. 2021). · cites it 8× “During that time, HPD did not initiate forfeiture proceedings pursuant to HRS § 712A-7(3) (1991)5, did not give notice of the seizure of forfeiture to all parties known to have an interest in the property and did not provide the prosecutors a written request for forfeiture as…”
Lewis v. Hawaiian Homes Comm'n (Haw. App. 2025). · cites it 7× “) 8 NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER advanced or profited from gambling activity, in violation of HRS § 712-1222 (2014). 8 "A person advances gambling activity if, having substantial proprietary control or other authoritative control over…”
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