A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of money or property by chance, among persons who have paid or promised to pay any valuable consideration for the chance of obtaining such property or a portion of it, or for any share or interest in such money or property, upon any agreement, understanding, […]
(a) Whoever contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes or draws any lottery, other than an official lottery of the Virgin Islands of the United States, shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the Police Commissioner may permit […]
Whoever sells, gives or in any manner whatsoever furnishes or transfers to or for any other person— (1) any ticket, chance, share or interest; or (2) any paper, certificate or instrument purporting or understood to be or represent any ticket, chance, share or interest— in or depending upon the event of any lottery, other than […]
Whoever— (1) deals, plays, carries on, opens or conducts, either as owner or employee, either for hire or not, any game of chance played with dice, cards, slot machines, video gaming devices or machines, any electrically or mechanically operated device or machine or any other device, for money, checks, credit or other representative of value; […]
Whoever knowingly permits any game of chance, as described in section 1224 of this title, to be played, conducted or dealt in any house rented or owned, in whole or part, by him, shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 180 days, or both.
Any person who is required or authorized to arrest any person for a violation of the provisions of this chapter, is also authorized and required to seize any table, cards, dice or other apparatus or article suitable for gambling purposes, found in the possession or under the control of the person so arrested, and to […]
