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title: O.C.G.A. § 16-12-33. Bribery of a contestant.
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# O.C.G.A. § 16-12-33. Bribery of a contestant.

A person who gives, offers, or promises any reward, money, or other thing of value to anyone who participates or expects to participate in any amateur or professional athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition or to any coach, trainer, manager or official in such athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition with intent to influence such person to lose, try to lose, or cause to be lost or to affect the margin of victory or defeat in such athletic contest, sporting event, or exhibition commits the offense of bribery of a contestant and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than $1,000.00 nor more than $5,000.00 or by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years, or both.

## History

Ga. L. 1947, p. 1139, § 2; Ga. L. 1952, p. 303, § 1; Code 1933, § 26-2711, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.

## Law Reviews

For article, “A Comprehensive Analysis of Georgia RICO,” see 9 Georgia St. U.L. Rev. 537 (1993).