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Montana · Through Montana Code Annotated 2025

23-5-156: Offering or obtaining anything of value by fraud or operation of illegal gambling device or enterprise.

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  1. TITLE 23. PARKS, RECREATION, SPORTS, AND GAMBLING
  2. CHAPTER 5. GAMBLING
  3. Part 1. General Provisions, Proceedings, and Penalties

(1) A person who in an activity involving gambling offers or obtains money, property, or anything of value that does not exceed $750 in value by misrepresentation, fraud, or the use of an illegal gambling device or an illegal gambling enterprise is guilty of a misdemeanor and is punishable as provided in 23-5-161.

(2) A person who in an activity involving gambling offers or obtains money, property, or anything of value that exceeds $750 in value by misrepresentation, fraud, or the use of an illegal gambling device or an illegal gambling enterprise is guilty of a felony and is punishable as provided in 23-5-162.

(3) A person who in an activity involving gambling offers or obtains money, property, or anything of value as part of a common scheme, as defined in 45-2-101, by misrepresentation, fraud, or the use of an illegal gambling device or an illegal gambling enterprise is guilty of a felony and is punishable as provided in 23-5-162.

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