N.Y. Penal Law § 225.10: Promoting gambling in the first degree

§ 225.10 Promoting gambling in the first degree.

A person is guilty of promoting gambling in the first degree when he

knowingly advances or profits from unlawful gambling activity by:

1. Engaging in bookmaking to the extent that he receives or accepts in

any one day more than five bets totaling more than five thousand

dollars; or

2. Receiving, in connection with a lottery or policy scheme or

enterprise, (a) money or written records from a person other than a

player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records,

or (b) more than five hundred dollars in any one day of money played in

such scheme or enterprise.

Promoting gambling in the first degree is a class E felony.