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EXERCISE OF POLICE POWER > GAMBLING
Short Summary
The provided legal document content pertains to the regulation and prohibition of gambling and games of chance in municipalities and parishes in the state of Louisiana. Municipalities with a population of more than five thousand and less than one hundred thousand inhabitants have the authority to pass ordinances prohibiting gambling and establish penalties for violations. Similarly, all municipalities in Louisiana with a population of one hundred thousand inhabitants or less are authorized to pass laws prohibiting gambling or games of chance for money or value in any form, and define what constitutes gambling, with penalties for violations. Police juries are empowered to suppress and prohibit gambling with cards or any card game where something of value is pledged, bet, or hazarded. However, private games played in private homes occupied by a family and games in private clubs conducted without rake-off for gain are exempt from this prohibition. Police juries may adopt necessary ordinances to enforce the regulations and impose fines not exceeding five hundred dollars, imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both. Additionally, municipalities with less than five thousand inhabitants have the authority to regulate pool rooms and turf exchanges and establish penalties for violations of the ordinances adopted under this section.
Whom does it apply to?
Municipalities and parishes in the state of Louisiana
What does it govern?
Gambling and games of chance in municipalities and parishes in the state of Louisiana
What are exemptions?
Private games played in private homes occupied by a family, games in private clubs conducted without rake-off for gain
What are the Penalties?
Fine not to exceed five hundred dollars, or imprisonment not to exceed six months, or both
Jurisdiction
Louisiana