Oklahoma Statutes

Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982 (2026)

Commercial gambling

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A. Commercial gambling is:

1. Operating or receiving all or part of the earnings of a gambling place; 2. Receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet or, with intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet, possessing facilities to do so; 3. For gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value bet or offered to be bet; 4. Conducting a lottery or with intent to conduct a lottery possessing facilities to do so; 5. Setting up for use or collecting the proceeds of any gambling device; or 6. Alone or with others, owning, controlling, managing or financing a gambling business. B. Any person found guilty of commercial gambling shall be guilty of a Class C2 felony offense and punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 174, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 229, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 271 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1982–2017 · leading case: State v. Koo, 647 P.2d 889 (Okla. Crim. App. 1982).

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State v. Koo, 647 P.2d 889 (Okla. Crim. App. 1982). · cites it 5× “283, § 2, now 21 O.S.1981, § 982, specifically subsections A-l and A-2 were unconstitutionally vague and indefinite.”

Gamble v. State, 751 P.2d 751 (Okla. Crim. App. 1988). “1984, § 2-402(B)(2)) and Commercial Gambling After Former Conviction of a Felony (21 O.S.1981, § 982 and 21 O.S.1981, § 51(A)), in Osage County District Court, Case No.”

Question Submitted by: Rollo D. Redburn, Exec. Dir., Oklahoma Lottery Comm'n, 2017 OK AG 2 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2017). · cites it 2× “2 A lottery is one form of "commercial gambling" prohibited by 21 O.S.2011, § 982, but is also illegal in its own right.”

United States v. Traci Poe Boyd, Kevin Kwan Chan, Tracy Coy \Podie\" Poe, 149 F.3d 1062 (1998). · cites it 3× “In its closing argument to the jury, the government maintained the money in the Paul Porter trust account was the proceeds of a gambling operation which violated Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982 . 5 Mr. Porter’s and Mr.”

United States v. Ed J. Hagen, Also Known as J. Ewald Martha Jo \Marjo\" Hagen & William C. Hagen, 951 F.2d 261 (1991). · cites it 2× “We have already held that Oklahoma’s general commercial gambling prohibition, Okla.Stat. tit. 21, § 982, is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad.”

United States v. Boyd (Traci) (10th Cir. 1998). · cites it 2× “Poe’s gambling operation violated Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982 . The only question before us is whether the government presented evidence which would demonstrate Mr.”

— Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982(A) — 1 case

Question Submitted by: Rollo D. Redburn, Exec. Dir., Oklahoma Lottery Comm'n, 2017 OK AG 2 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2017). “2 A lottery is one form of "commercial gambling" prohibited by 21 O.S.2011, § 982, but is also illegal in its own right.”

— Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 982(A)(1) — 1 case

United States v. Ed J. Hagen, Also Known as J. Ewald Martha Jo \Marjo\" Hagen & William C. Hagen, 951 F.2d 261 (1991). “We have already held that Oklahoma’s general commercial gambling prohibition, Okla.Stat. tit. 21, § 982, is not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad.”

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