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Can you summarize 97 MSCO Chapter 33?
Crimes > Gambling and Lotteries
Short Summary
The provided legal document content pertains to the prohibition and penalties for gambling and lotteries in Mississippi. It applies to any person who encourages, promotes, or plays at any game, play, or amusement for money or other valuable thing, or wagers or bets on any game, play, amusement, cockfight, Indian ball play, duel, or the result of any election, event, or contingency. The penalties for violation include a fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days. However, there are exemptions to this prohibition, including betting, gaming, or wagering on a cruise vessel in specified waters within the State of Mississippi, betting, gaming, or wagering in a structure located in the three most southern counties in the State of Mississippi if owned, leased, or controlled by a person possessing a gaming license, betting, gaming, or wagering on a vessel on the Mississippi River or navigable waters within any county bordering on the Mississippi River, and betting, gaming, or wagering that is legal under the laws of the State of Mississippi.
Whom does it apply to?
Any person who encourages, promotes, or plays at any game, play, or amusement for money or other valuable thing, or wagers or bets on any game, play, amusement, cockfight, Indian ball play, duel, or the result of any election, event, or contingency
What does it govern?
Gambling and lotteries
What are exemptions?
Betting, gaming, or wagering on a cruise vessel in specified waters within the State of Mississippi, betting, gaming, or wagering in a structure located in the three most southern counties in the State of Mississippi if owned, leased, or controlled by a person possessing a gaming license, betting, gaming, or wagering on a vessel on the Mississippi River or navigable waters within any county bordering on the Mississippi River, and betting, gaming, or wagering that is legal under the laws of the State of Mississippi
What are the Penalties?
A fine of up to Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) and imprisonment for up to ninety (90) days
Jurisdiction
Mississippi