Mississippi Code
In General
§ 97-33-9. Gambling; keeping, exhibiting, etc. games or gaming tables; exceptions; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

Except as otherwise provided in Section 97-33-8, if any person shall be guilty of keeping or exhibiting any game or gaming table commonly called A.B.C. or E.O. roulette or rowley-powley, or rouge et noir, roredo, keno, monte, or any faro-bank, or other game, gaming table, or bank of the same or like kind or any other kind or description under any other name whatever, or shall be in any manner either directly or indirectly interested or concerned in any gaming tables, banks, or games, either by furnishing money or articles for the purpose of carrying on the same, being interested in the loss or gain of said table, bank or games, or employed in any manner in conducting, carrying on, or exhibiting said gaming tables, games, or banks, every person so offending and being thereof convicted, shall be fined not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not longer than two (2) months, or by both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court. Nothing in this section shall apply to any person who owns, possesses, controls, installs, procures, repairs or transports any gambling device, machine or equipment in accordance with subsection (4) of Section 97-33-7 or Section 75-76-34.
This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.

Structure Mississippi Code

Mississippi Code

Title 97 - Crimes

Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries

In General

§ 97-33-1. Betting, gaming or wagering; exception from prohibition; penalty

§ 97-33-3. Gambling; penalties on certain officers; penalty for use of public money

§ 97-33-5. Gambling; additional fine against winning gambler for amount won

§ 97-33-9. Gambling; keeping, exhibiting, etc. games or gaming tables; exceptions; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-11. Gambling; clubs not to have interest in gaming; each member fined; grand jury investigation; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-13. Gambling; building owners, lessees, etc. not to permit gambling; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-15. Gambling; hotel, tavern and boarding-house keepers to inform on gamblers

§ 97-33-19. Gambling; money and appliances forfeited; penalty for resisting seizure

§ 97-33-21. Gambling; gambling with minor; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-23. Gambling; gambling with minor knowing him to be under-age; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-25. Gambling; pool-selling; exceptions

§ 97-33-27. Gambling; betting on horse or yacht race or shooting match; exceptions

§ 97-33-29. Gambling; laws remedial, not penal

§ 97-33-31. Lotteries; penalty for putting on; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-33. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-35. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; publication or circulation of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-37. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; sale of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-39. Lotteries; sale of tickets; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-41. Lotteries; buying tickets in state prohibited; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-43. Lotteries; railroads; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-45. Lotteries; steamboats; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-47. Lotteries; acting as agent for; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

§ 97-33-49. Raffles; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law