Haw. Rev. Stat. § 712-1221: Promoting gambling in the first degree.

(1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree if the person recklessly advances or profits from gambling activity by:

(a) Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that the person receives or accepts in any seven-day period more than five bets totaling more than $500;

(b) Receiving in connection with a lottery, or mutuel scheme or enterprise, money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or

(c) Receiving or having become due and payable in connection with a lottery, mutuel, or other gambling scheme or enterprise, more than $1,000 in any seven-day period played in the scheme or enterprise.

(2) Promoting gambling in the first degree is a class B felony. [L 1972, c 9, pt of §1; am L 1973, c 201, pt of §1; am L 1983, c 161, §1; am L 1987, c 83, §1; gen ch 1992; am L 2022, c 111, §4]

Revision Note

In subsection (1)(a), "or" deleted pursuant to §23G-15.