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Ky. Rev. Stat. § 528.020 (2026)

Promoting gambling in the first degree

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(1) A person is guilty of promoting gambling in the first degree when he knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:

(a) Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he employs or utilizes three or more persons in a bookmaking activity and receives or accepts in any one day bets totaling more than $500; or

(b) Receiving in connection with a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise:

1. Money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or

2. More than $500 in any one day of money played in the scheme or enterprise; or

(c) Setting up and operating a gambling device.

(2) Promoting gambling in the first degree is a Class D felony. Effective: January 1, 1975 History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 241, effective January 1, 1975.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1992–2020 · leading case: Meece v. Commonwealth, 348 S.W.3d 627 (Ky. 2011).
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Meece v. Commonwealth, 348 S.W.3d 627 (Ky. 2011). “” KRS 528.020(1). Thus, for Meade to have committed perjury, she would have had to believe that she was giving false information.”
Commonwealth v. Preece, 844 S.W.2d 385 (Ky. 1992). · cites it 4× “Appellee, Benny Preece, was convicted in the Boyd Circuit Court of promoting gambling in the first degree pursuant to KRS 528.020(1). His conviction was due to his involvement in the establishment and operation of bingo games for profit at Amvet Post # 87, in Catlettsburg.”
Commonwealth v. Spaulding, 991 S.W.2d 651 (Ky. 1999). “On July 23, 1995, Garner pled guilty to first-degree perjury in violation of KRS 528.020. Specifically, he was adjudged guilty of the following charge contained in the indictment: That on or about the 23rd day of July, 1991, in Jefferson County, Kentucky, the above named…”
Commonwealth of Kentucky Ex Rel. J. Michael Brown, Sec'y of the Governor's Exec. Cabinet v. Stars Interactive Holdings (Iom) Ltd., F/K/A Amaya Grp. Holdings (Iom) Ltd. (Ky. 2020). “090(2) provides that “[m]oney which has been obtained or conferred in violation of any section of this code shall, upon conviction, be forfeited for use of the state[;]” KRS 528.020 and KRS 528.030 make it illegal to knowingly advance or promote illegal gambling; and KRS 528.”
— Ky. Rev. Stat. § 528.020(1) — 2 cases
Meece v. Commonwealth, 348 S.W.3d 627 (Ky. 2011). “” KRS 528.020(1). Thus, for Meade to have committed perjury, she would have had to believe that she was giving false information.”
Commonwealth v. Preece, 844 S.W.2d 385 (Ky. 1992). “Appellee, Benny Preece, was convicted in the Boyd Circuit Court of promoting gambling in the first degree pursuant to KRS 528.020(1). His conviction was due to his involvement in the establishment and operation of bingo games for profit at Amvet Post # 87, in Catlettsburg.”
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