Official Code of Georgia Annotated

Title 16. CRIMES AND OFFENSES · Chapter 12. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH AND MORALS · Article 2. GAMBLING AND RELATED OFFENSES · Part 1. GAMBLING

16-12-21. Gambling.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

(a)
A person commits the offense of gambling when he:#
1. (1)
  Makes a bet upon the partial or final result of any game or contest or upon the performance of any participant in such game or contest;#
2. (2)
  Makes a bet upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or upon the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or#
3. (3)
  Plays and bets for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, or balls.#
(b)
A person who commits the offense of gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Laws 1847, Cobb’s 1851 Digest, pp. 819, 820.; Ga. L. 1859, p. 59, § 1; Code 1863, § 4425; Ga. L. 1865-66, p. 233, § 2; Code 1868, § 4466; Code 1873, § 4541; Code 1882, § 4541; Penal Code 1895, § 401; Penal Code 1910, § 392; Code 1933, § 26-6404; Code 1933, § 26-2702, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 690, § 1.

Cross references

Void status of gambling contracts, § 13-8-3. Operation of bona fide coin operated amusement machine businesses, § 50-27-70 et seq. Parent’s right of action against person playing and betting at game of chance with minor child for money or other value, § 51-1-18.

Law reviews

For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970). For article, “Misdemeanor Sentencing in Georgia,” see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 8 (2001).

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