Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 271 - Crimes Against Public Policy
Section 1a - ''house'', ''building'' and ''place'' Including Ship or Vessel

Massachusetts General Laws

Part IV - Crimes, Punishments and Proceedings in Criminal Cases

Title I - Crimes and Punishments

Chapter 271 - Crimes Against Public Policy

Section 1 - Gaming or Betting; Forfeiture

Section 1a - ''house'', ''building'' and ''place'' Including Ship or Vessel

Section 2 - Gaming or Betting in Public Conveyance or Place or While Trespassing in Private Place; Arrest Without Warrant

Section 3 - Innholders and Others Keeping or Suffering Implements to Be Used for Gaming

Section 4 - Gaming in Inns and Other Occupied Places; Use of Billiard Table, Bowling Alley or Other Implement for Gaming

Section 5 - Gaming, Lottery, Pool or Betting Houses; Tables or Apparatus for Gaming

Section 5a - Gambling Devices; Forfeiture; Antique Slot Machines

Section 5b - Unlawful Possession of Electronic Machine or Device for Conducting or Promoting Sweepstakes Through Entertaining Display; Lawful Exceptions; Penalty

Section 6 - Gaming Relative to Cattle Shows, Military Muster or Public Gathering; Arrest Without Warrant

Section 6a - Plans Under Which Purchasers Agree to Obtain More Purchasers; Injunction; Receivers

Section 6b - Skilo and Similar Games

Section 7 - Lotteries; Disposal of Property by Chance

Section 7a - Raffles and Bazaars; Conduct by Certain Organizations

Section 8 - Permitting Lotteries, Raffles and Games of Chance in Buildings

Section 9 - Lottery Tickets; Sale, or Possession

Section 10 - Subsequent Offenses Within Five Years of Conviction

Section 10a - Arrest Without Warrant

Section 11 - Lottery Tickets; Advertising

Section 12 - False Lottery Tickets; Creation, Sale, or Possession

Section 13 - Lottery Tickets, Tokens or Shares Deemed False

Section 14 - Forfeiture of Money, Prizes, or Other Property Disposed of by Chance; Recovery

Section 15 - Lottery for Money Drawn Out of Commonwealth; Aiding or Promoting

Section 16 - Tickets of Lottery Described in Sec. 15; Sale or Possession

Section 16a - Organizing or Promoting Gambling Facilities or Services

Section 17 - Place for Registering Bets or Dealing in Pools; Owner or Occupant; Custodian or Depository

Section 17a - Telephones; Use for Gaming Purposes

Section 17b - Use of Electronic Communications Records in Ongoing Criminal Investigations; Subpoena of Records

Section 18 - Policy Lotteries or Shops; Production, Sale or Possession of Lottery Tickets or Tokens

Section 19 - Production, Advertisement or Delivery of Tickets; Receipt of Money; Prima Facie Evidence

Section 20 - Tickets, Memoranda, Books and Sheets; Nuisance; Possession; Concealment

Section 21 - Words, Figures or Characters Referring to Game or Contest; Prima Facie Evidence; Proof

Section 22 - Delivery to or From a Person Engaged in a Lottery or Other Illegal Gaming

Section 22a - Whist or Bridge for Charitable and Similar Purposes

Section 22b - Beano; Sale of Lottery Tickets

Section 23 - Oath and Warrant to Enter Gaming or Lottery Place, Arrest Persons and Seize Implements and Materials; Disposal of Articles

Section 24 - Race Tracks; Owners, Proprietors Of, or Persons Present

Section 25 - Obstructions Barring Access to Gaming Places; Removal; Lien of Expenses

Section 26 - Subsequent Obstructions; Removal; Punishment; Lien

Section 27 - Judicial Notice of Methods and Character of Lotteries, Policy Games, Pools and Betting; Prima Facie Evidence

Section 28 - Lotteries or Illegal Gaming; Complaints and Indictments

Section 29 - Sale, Exchange or Disposition of Property; Misrepresentation

Section 30 - Trading Stamps or Similar Devices; Sale or Delivery

Section 31 - Racing Horses for Bets or Stakes

Section 31a - Racing Results or Information; Transmission for Unlawful Purposes

Section 32 - Horse Racing; Fraud

Section 33 - Race Grounds in Towns

Section 34 - Race Grounds as Nuisance; Abatement

Section 35 - Definition of Words and Phrases Used in Secs. 35 to 38

Section 36 - Bucketing Contracts; Keeper of Shop; Domestic and Foreign Corporations

Section 37 - Prohibited Contracts; Price Quotations

Section 38 - Purchases and Sales of Securities or Commodities; Written Statement

Section 39 - Gifts to Influence Business Affairs; Threats

Section 39a - Gifts to Influence Action of Participants In, and Others Connected With, a Game or Contest

Section 40 - Appointment, Reinstatement or Discharge of Employee of Public Service Corporation or Racing Licensee on Recommendation of Public Officer, Officer Elect or Candidate

Section 41 - Offices Not Public Offices Under Sec. 40

Section 42 - Boxing Matches or Exhibitions; Betting or Selling Pools

Section 43 - Solicitation, Disclosure, Receipt or Use of Information Concerning Public Assistance

Section 44 - Hospital or Sanitarium Patient; Settlement, Release or Statement; Admissibility

Section 46 - Discarded Containers Originally Used for Refrigerative Purposes; Removal of Doors

Section 47 - Telephones; Gambling Convictions; Approval for Installation; Notices of Convictions and Removals

Section 48 - Civil Service Preparatory Courses; Advertisement

Section 49 - Criminal Usury

Section 50 - Sale of Research Papers, etc.; Taking of Examinations for Another at Educational Institutions