Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 139, § 15 (2026)

Penalty for keeping or maintaining place used for illegal gaming or the illegal keeping or sale of alcoholic beverages

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Section 15. Whoever keeps or maintains such common nuisance shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty nor more than one hundred dollars and by imprisonment for not less than three months nor more than one year.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1922–2008 · leading case: Sullivan v. Vorenberg, 241 Mass. 319 (Mass. 1922).

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Sullivan v. Vorenberg, 241 Mass. 319 (Mass. 1922). “G. L. c. 139, § 15. The receiving of a bet upon a horse race and making a memorandum of it on the slip of paper delivered to the one making the bet is in fact the registering of a bet and is illegal gaming under the statutes of this Commonwealth.”

Commonwealth v. Reid, 898 N.E.2d 520 (Mass. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 2× “The defendant first argues that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction under G. L. c. 139, § 15, which penalizes “[wjhoever keeps or maintains [a] common nuisance.”

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