Title 22 — Criminal Offenses and Penalties.
74 chapters · 582 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 22-1701 Lotteries; promotion; sale or possession of tickets
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If any person shall within the District keep, set up, or promote, or be concerned as owner, agent, or clerk, or in any other manner, in managing, carrying on, promoting, or advertising, directly or indirectly, any policy lottery, policy shop, or any lottery, or shall sell or tran…
D.C. Code § 22-1702 Possession of lottery or policy tickets
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If any person shall, within the District of Columbia, knowingly have in his or her possession or under his control, any record, notation, receipt, ticket, certificate, bill, slip, token, paper, or writing, current or not current, used or to be used in violating the provisions of …
D.C. Code § 22-1703 Permitting sale of lottery tickets on premises
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If any person shall knowingly permit, on any premises under his or her control in the District, the sale of any chance or ticket in or share of a ticket in any lottery or policy lottery, or shall knowingly permit any lottery or policy lottery, or policy shop on such premises, he …
D.C. Code § 22-1704 Gaming; setting up gaming table; inducing play
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Whoever shall in the District set up or keep any gaming table, or any house, vessel, or place, on land or water, for the purpose of gaming, or gambling device commonly called A B C, faro bank, E O, roulette, equality, keno, thimbles, or little joker, or any kind of gaming table o…
D.C. Code § 22-1705 Gambling premises; definition; prohibition against maintaining; forfeiture; liens; deposit of moneys in Treasury; penalty; subsequent offenses
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(a) Any house, building, vessel, shed, booth, shelter, vehicle, enclosure, room, lot, or other premises in the District of Columbia, used or to be used in violating the provisions of § 22-1701 or § 22-1704, shall be deemed “gambling premises” for the purpose of this section. (b) …
D.C. Code § 22-1706 Three-card monte and confidence games
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Whoever shall in the District deal, play, or practice, or be in any manner accessory to the dealing or practicing, of the confidence game or swindle known as 3-card monte, or of any such game, play, or practice, or any other confidence game, play, or practice, shall be deemed gui…
D.C. Code § 22-1707 “Gaming table” defined
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All games, devices, or contrivances at which money or any other thing shall be bet or wagered shall be deemed a gaming table within the meaning of §§ 22-1704 to 22-1706; and the courts shall construe said sections liberally, so as to prevent the mischief intended to be guarded ag…
D.C. Code § 22-1708 Gambling pools and bookmaking; athletic contest defined
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It shall be unlawful for any person, or association of persons, within the District of Columbia to purchase, possess, own, or acquire any chance, right, or interest, tangible or intangible, in any policy lottery or any lottery, or to make or place a bet or wager, accept a bet or …
D.C. Code § 22-1709 Bucketing, and bucket-shopping and bucket-shops; definitions
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D.C. Code § 22-1710 Penalty for bucketing or keeping bucket-shop
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D.C. Code § 22-1711 Penalty for communicating, receiving, exhibiting, or displaying quotations of prices
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D.C. Code § 22-1712 Bucketing; written statement to be furnished; contents
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D.C. Code § 22-1713 Corrupt influence in connection with athletic contests
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(a) It shall be unlawful to pay or give, or to agree to pay or give, or to promise or offer, any valuable thing to any individual: (1) With intent to influence such individual to lose or cause to be lost, or to attempt to lose or cause to be lost, or to limit or attempt to limit …
D.C. Code § 22-1714 Immunity of witnesses; record
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(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, the testimony of any witness, or the production of books, papers, or other records or documents, by any witness, in any case or proceeding involving a violation of this subchapter before any…
D.C. Code § 22-1715 Presence in illegal establishments
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D.C. Code § 22-1716 Statement of purpose
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It is the purpose of this subchapter to legalize lotteries, daily numbers games, bingo, raffles, and Monte Carlo night parties, which activities are to be conducted only by the District of Columbia and only those licensed by the District of Columbia and subject to the jurisdictio…
D.C. Code § 22-1717 Permissible gambling activities
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Nothing in subchapter I of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the operation of or participation in lotteries and/or daily numbers games operated by and for the benefit of the District of Columbia by the Lottery and Charitable Games Control Board; bingo, raffles, and Mont…
D.C. Code § 22-1718 Advertising and promotion; sale and possession of lottery and numbers tickets and slips
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(a) Nothing in subchapter I of this chapter shall be construed to prohibit the advertising and promotion of excepted permissible gambling activities pursuant to § 22-1717, hereof, including, but not limited to, the sale, by agents authorized by the District of Columbia, and the p…