22-25-1. Gambling defined--Keeping gambling establishment--Letting building for gambling—Violation as misdemeanor.
Any person who places or accepts a wager on a sporting event or engages in gambling in any form with cards, dice, or other implements or devices of any kind wherein anything valuable is wagered upon the outcome, or who keeps any establishment, place, equipment, or apparatus for such gambling or any agents or employees for such purpose, or any person who knowingly lets any establishment, structure, place, equipment, or apparatus for such gambling is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.
This section does not apply to any gaming within a licensed gaming establishment in the city of Deadwood which is conducted by an operator or route operator that is licensed pursuant to chapter 42-7B.
Source: SDC 1939, §24.9903; SL 1976, ch 158, §25-1; SL 2021, ch 189, § 23.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 25 - Gambling And Lotteries
Section 22-25-6 - Unlawful betting on animal races as common nuisance--Petty offense.
Section 22-25-14 - Slot machine and premises public nuisance--Manufacture not prohibited.
Section 22-25-23 - Bingo defined.
Section 22-25-24 - Lottery defined.
Section 22-25-25 - Bingo and lotteries permitted for restricted purposes--Conditions.
Section 22-25-25.1 - Congressionally chartered veterans' organization defined.
Section 22-25-26 - Unauthorized bingo or lottery as misdemeanor.
Section 22-25-27 - Provision of chapter not applicable to state lottery.
Section 22-25-28 - Distributor defined--Exemption for rental of noncommercial use.
Section 22-25-29 - Manufacturer defined.
Section 22-25-32 - Certain organizations not to be distributors or manufacturers.
Section 22-25-33 - Certain persons not to have interest in distributorship or manufacturer.
Section 22-25-34 - Additional persons who may not have interest in distributorship or manufacturer.
Section 22-25-39 - Sales to out-of-state customers.
Section 22-25-40 - Delivery of equipment and supplies sold for in-state use.
Section 22-25-42 - Separate statement of rebates and discounts.
Section 22-25-43 - Limit on gifts, premiums, and prizes from distributors and manufacturers.
Section 22-25-44 - Use of deal of pull-tabs as sales promotion.
Section 22-25-45 - Return of equipment, supplies, and pull-tabs--Recordation of transaction.
Section 22-25-46 - Requirements for deal of pull-tabs.
Section 22-25-47 - Numbering of disposable bingo cards.
Section 22-25-48 - Tax imposed on distributors--Payment.
Section 22-25-50 - Violation as misdemeanor--Second or subsequent violation as felony.