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1999 SESSION

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HB 1803 Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships, penalty.

Introduced by: Robert F. McDonnell | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Illegal gambling; promoting gambling aboard ships; penalty. Prohibits any person from knowingly advancing or profiting from a gambling activity, by: (i)managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, a gambling ship; (ii) managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, either alone or in association with others, any craft which embarks from any point within the Commonwealth, and disembarks at the same or another point within the Commonwealth, during which the person intentionally causes or knowingly permits illegal gambling activity to be conducted, whether within or without the waters of the Commonwealth; or (iii)transporting, conveying, or carrying any person to a gambling ship or a craft. The bill prohibits gambling on what are commonly known as “cruises to nowhere”. Under the bill, the penalty for a violation is a Class 6 felony; the bill also provides for a heightened penalty under certain circumstances. There are some technical amendments and an emergency clause.


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