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§952
Title 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Part 2: SUBSTANTIVE OFFENSES
Chapter 39: UNLAWFUL GAMBLING
§954

§953. Aggravated unlawful gambling

1.  A person is guilty of aggravated unlawful gambling if he intentionally or knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:  
A. Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that the person receives or accepts in any 24-hour period more than 5 bets totaling more than $500; or   [PL 1995, c. 224, §9 (AMD).]
B. Receiving in connection with a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise, money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or   [PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
C. Receiving in connection with a lottery, mutuel or other gambling scheme or enterprise more than $1,000 in any 24-hour period played in the scheme or enterprise.   [PL 1995, c. 224, §10 (AMD).]
[PL 1995, c. 224, §§9, 10 (AMD).]
2.  Aggravated gambling is a Class B crime.  
[PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 499, §1 (NEW). PL 1975, c. 740, §94 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 55 (AMD). PL 1995, c. 224, §§9,10 (AMD).
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