Oklahoma § 21-941 - Opening, conducting or carrying on gambling game - Dealing

§ 21-941. Opening, conducting or carrying on gambling game - Dealing

for those engaged in game.

Except as provided in the Oklahoma Charity Games Act, every

person who opens, or causes to be opened, or who conducts, whether

for hire or not, or carries on either poker, roulette, craps or any

banking or percentage, or any gambling game played with dice, cards

or any device, for money, checks, credits, or any representatives of

value, or who either as owner or employee, whether for hire or not,

deals for those engaged in any such game, shall be guilty of a Class

C2 felony offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by

a fine of not less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), nor more

than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), and by imprisonment as

provided for in subsections B through F of Section 20M of this

title.

Added by Laws 1916, c. 26, p. 54, § 1, emerg. eff. Jan. 29, 1916.

Amended by Laws 1992, c. 328, § 29, eff. Dec. 1, 1992, and adopted

by State Question No. 650, Legislative Referendum No. 294, at

election held Nov. 3, 1992. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 266,

eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 170, eff. July

1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 226, eff. Jan. 1, 2026.

NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective

date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 266 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.