Title 22, CRIMES

The attorney general or state's attorney may seek, and the court may enter, a preliminary restraining order enjoining a person from transmitting bets or wagers or information to assist in the placing of bets or wagers as a condition of bond pending trial or other disposition of t…

If a person is found guilty or pleads guilty to a charge brought under this chapter, the attorney general or states attorney may seek, and the court may enter, a permanent injunction against the person or gambling business enjoining the person or gambling business from transmitti…

This chapter does not apply to the South Dakota Lottery and its licensees, who are engaged in conduct in furtherance of activity expressly authorized, licensed, and regulated under the provisions of chapter 42-7A or to the South Dakota Commission on Gaming and its licensees, who …

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, gambling business, means a business that is conducted at a gambling establishment or involves the placing, receiving, or making of bets or wagers or offers to engage in the placing, receiving, or making of bets or wagers. Source: SL 200…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, internet, means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks. Source: SL 2000, ch 106 , § 3.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, interactive computer service, means a service, system, or network or access software provider that uses public communication infrastructure or operates to provide or enable computer access by multiple users to a computer server, includi…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, person, means an individual, association, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or a director, executive, or officer of an association, partnership, joint venture, or corporation, a political subdivision of this state, or a departmen…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term, state, means this state, including a territory, possession, county, and land owned, occupied, or held in trust for an Indian tribe, whether or not federally recognized as an Indian tribe. Source: SL 2000, ch 106 , § 6.

Except as provided in § 22-25A-15 , no person engaged in a gambling business may use the internet or an interactive computer service to bet or wager. Source: SL 2000, ch 106 , § 7.

Except as provided in § 22-25A-15 , no person may establish a location or site in this state from which to conduct a gambling business on or over the internet or an interactive computer service. Source: SL 2000, ch 106 , § 8.

A violation of § 22-25A-7 or 22-25A-8 occurs if the violation originates or terminates, or both, in this state. Each individual bet or wager offered in violation of § 22-25A-7 or from a location or site that violates § 22-25A-8 constitutes a separate violation. Source: SL 2000, c…