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Can you summarize KYRS 528.060?
GAMBLING > Possession of gambling records in the second degree.
Short Summary
This provision, found in the Kentucky Revised Statutes under the Kentucky Penal Code, pertains to the possession of gambling records in the second degree. It applies to any person who possesses any writing, paper, instrument, or articles commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise. However, there are two defenses to prosecution under this section. The first defense is if the writing, paper, instrument, or article possessed by the defendant constituted bets of the defendant himself in a number not exceeding ten (10). The second defense is if the writing, paper, instrument, or article possessed by the defendant was neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise. Possession of gambling records in the second degree is classified as a Class A misdemeanor.
Whom does it apply to?
Any person who possesses any writing, paper, instrument, or articles commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise
What does it govern?
Possession of gambling records
What are exemptions?
A) The writing, paper, instrument, or article possessed by the defendant constituted bets of the defendant himself in a number not exceeding ten (10); or b) The writing, paper, instrument, or article possessed by the defendant was neither used nor intended to be used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, or in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise
What are the Penalties?
Class A misdemeanor
Jurisdiction
Kentucky