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Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 987 (2026)

Dissemination of gambling information

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A. Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to be used in making or settling bets. Provided that nothing herein shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events. B. Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling information shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20N 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, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 395, eff. Jan. 1, 2026. NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 274 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Question Submitted by: Rollo D. Redburn, Exec. Dir., Oklahoma Lottery Comm'n, 2017 OK AG 2 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2017).
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Question Submitted by: Rollo D. Redburn, Exec. Dir., Oklahoma Lottery Comm'n, 2017 OK AG 2 (Okla. Att’y Gen. 2017). “However, in the absence of clear legal authority we must follow the presumption that gambling activities, including the transmission or receipt of information used to make bets "by means of any communications facilities," see 21 O.S.2011, § 987 (emphasis added), are illegal…”
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