Oklahoma Code § 21-987

Title 21. Crimes And Punishments: Dissemination of gambling information
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A.  Dissemination of gambling information is the transmitting or
receiving, by means of any communications facilities, information to
be used in making or settling bets.  Provided that nothing herein
shall prohibit a licensed radio or television station or newspaper
of general circulation from broadcasting or disseminating to the
public reports of odds or results of legally staged sporting events.
B.  Any person found guilty of disseminating gambling
information shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and shall
be punished by imprisonment as provided for in subsections B through
F of Section 20N of this title, or a fine of not more than Twenty-
five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), or by both such fine and
imprisonment.
Added by Laws 1975, c. 283, § 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1975.  Amended by Laws
1997, c. 133, § 274, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c.
5, § 177, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2025, c. 486, § 395, eff. Jan. 1,
2026.

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