Ky. Rev. Stat. § 528.100 (2026)
Forfeiture -- Civil penalty -- Action in equity
(1) Any gambling device or gambling record possessed or used in violation of this chapter is forfeited to the state, and shall be disposed of in accordance with KRS 500.090.
(2) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns a gambling device intended for use in the Commonwealth in violation of this chapter shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for each device, payable to the county in which the device was operated.
(3) The Attorney General, the Commonwealth's attorney for any locality, or the county attorney for any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to:
(a) Enjoin the operation of a gambling device in violation of this section;
(b) Request an attachment against all such devices and any moneys within those devices pursuant to KRS 500.090; and
(c) Recover the civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) per device. Effective: June 29, 2023 History: Amended 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 4, sec. 2, effective June 29, 2023. -- Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 267, sec. 10, effective July 15, 1980. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 249, effective January 1, 1975. Legislative Research Commission Note (3/19/2015). Under the authority of KRS 7.136(1)(h), the Reviser of Statutes has changed the internal numbering of KRS 528.010 to place definitions in alphabetical order and changed a reference to that statute in this section to correspond. No words were changed in this process.