North Carolina § 14-297 - Allowing gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.
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§ 14-297. Allowing gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.
If any person shall knowingly suffer to be opened, kept or used in his house or on any part of the premises occupied therewith, any of the gaming tables prohibited by G.S. 14-289 through 14-300 or any illegal punchboard or illegal slot machine, he shall forfeit and pay to any one who will sue therefor two hundred dollars ($200.00), and shall also be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. History (1798, c. 502, s. 3, P.R.; 1800, c. 5, s. 2, P.R.; R.C., c. 34, s. 73; Code, s. 1046; Rev., s. 3719; C.S., s. 4434; 1931, c. 14, s. 3; 1993, c. 539, s. 208; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c).) Editor's Note. - See Editor's Note to G.S. 14-296 .
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 14-297 ("Allowing gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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