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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-293 (2026)

Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty

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Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes, if any keeper of an ordinary or other house of entertainment, or of a house wherein alcoholic beverages are retailed, shall knowingly suffer any game, at which money or property, or anything of value, is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, to be played in any such house, or in any part of the premises occupied therewith; or shall furnish persons so playing or betting either on said premises or elsewhere with drink or other thing for their comfort or subsistence during the time of play, he shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted under this section shall, upon such conviction, forfeit his license to do any of the businesses mentioned in this section, and shall be forever debarred from doing any of such businesses in this State. The court shall embody in its judgment that such person has forfeited his license, and no board of county commissioners, board of town commissioners or board of aldermen shall thereafter have power or authority to grant to such convicted person or his agent a license to do any of the businesses mentioned herein. (1799, c. 526, P.R.; 1801, c. 581, P.R.; 1831, c. 26; R.C., c. 34, s. 76; Code, s. 1043; 1901, c. 753; Rev., s. 3716; C.S., 4431; 1967, c. 101, s. 1; 1981, c. 412, s. 4(4); c. 747, s. 66; 1993, c. 539, s. 205; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-344, s. 3(f).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1992–1992 · leading case: State ex rel. Thornburg v. Lot & Bldgs. at 800 Waughtown St., 421 S.E.2d 374 (N.C. Ct. App. 1992).
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State ex rel. Thornburg v. Lot & Bldgs. at 800 Waughtown St., 421 S.E.2d 374 (N.C. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “) The trial court found and the record reveals that defendant was convicted of two counts of gambling in houses of public entertainment in violation of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-293 ; two counts of operating or possessing gambling devices in violation of N.”
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