PRINTER'S NO. 235
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
255
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY BOSCOLA, COSTA, BROWNE, HUGHES, FONTANA,
TARTAGLIONE AND WHITE, JANUARY 27, 2017
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY, JANUARY 27, 2017
AN ACT
Amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in riot, disorderly conduct and
related offenses, further providing for the offense of pool
selling and bookmaking.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 5514 of Title 18 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 5514. Pool selling and bookmaking.
[A] (a) Offense defined.--Except as provided in subsection
(b), a person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if
he:
(1) engages in pool selling or bookmaking;
(2) occupies any place for the purpose of receiving,
recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;
(3) receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports
or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the
result of any political nomination, appointment or election,
or upon any contest of any nature;
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(4) becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or
ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be
staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or
(5) being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any
premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used
or occupied for any of such purposes.
(b) Authorized pools.--Any person who conducts or
participates in a pool is not subject to prosecution under
subsection (a) if all of the following apply:
(1) Not more than 100 individuals participate in the
pool.
(2) The maximum amount wagered for each individual entry
in the pool is $20.
(3) Other than the wager no other money or thing of
value is paid or given for participation in the pool.
(4) All wagers collected for entry into the pool are
paid as prizes to one or more participants in the pool or to
a clearly identified nonprofit organization.
(5) No wagers or portions of wagers are retained by the
person or entity operating the pool and collecting wagers for
participation.
(6) The transaction of entering the pool is incidental
to a bona fide social, professional or familial relationship.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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