Sec. 3. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) engages in pool-selling;
(2) engages in bookmaking;
(3) maintains, in a place accessible to the public, slot machines, one-ball machines or variants thereof, pinball machines that award anything other than an immediate and unrecorded right of replay, roulette wheels, dice tables, or money or merchandise pushcards, punchboards, jars, or spindles;
(4) conducts lotteries or policy or numbers games or sells chances therein;
(5) conducts any banking or percentage games played with cards, dice, or counters, or accepts any fixed share of the stakes therein; or
(6) accepts, or offers to accept, for profit, money, or other property risked in gambling;
commits professional gambling, a Level 6 felony. However, the offense is a Level 5 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction under this subsection.
(b) An operator who knowingly or intentionally uses the Internet to:
(1) engage in pool-selling:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana;
(2) engage in bookmaking:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana;
(3) maintain, on an Internet site accessible to residents of Indiana, the equivalent of:
(A) slot machines;
(B) one-ball machines or variants of one-ball machines;
(C) pinball machines that award anything other than an immediate and unrecorded right of replay;
(D) roulette wheels;
(E) dice tables; or
(F) money or merchandise pushcards, punchboards, jars, or spindles;
(4) conduct lotteries or policy or numbers games or sell chances in lotteries or policy or numbers games:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana;
(5) conduct any banking or percentage games played with the computer equivalent of cards, dice, or counters, or accept any fixed share of the stakes in those games:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana; or
(6) accept, or offer to accept, for profit, money or other property risked in gambling:
(A) in Indiana; or
(B) in a transaction directly involving a person located in Indiana;
commits professional gambling over the Internet, a Level 6 felony.
As added by Acts 1976, P.L.148, SEC.5. Amended by Acts 1977, P.L.340, SEC.82; P.L.70-2005, SEC.4; P.L.227-2007, SEC.65; P.L.158-2013, SEC.531.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 45. Offenses Against Public Health, Order, and Decency
35-45-5-3. Professional Gambling; Professional Gambling Over the Internet
35-45-5-4. Promoting Professional Gambling; Acts Constituting; Boat Manufacturers; Public Utilities
35-45-5-4.5. Notice of Illegal Gambling to Operator
35-45-5-4.6. Blocking Certain Electronic Mail Messages
35-45-5-4.7. Right of Action by Interactive Computer Service; Defenses; Remedies; Jurisdiction
35-45-5-5. Pari-Mutuel Wagering; Wagering Through Advance Deposit Wagering; Application of Chapter
35-45-5-6. Sale of Lottery Tickets; Application of Chapter
35-45-5-7. Applicability; Advertisements
35-45-5-8. Sale and Use of Gambling Devices; Application of Chapter
35-45-5-10. Riverboat Gambling
35-45-5-11. Slot Machines at Racetracks
35-45-5-12. Authorized Gaming in Taverns