{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-21","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 16-12-21","heading":"Gambling.","body":"(a) A person commits the offense of gambling when he:\n(1) Makes a bet upon the partial or final result of any game or contest or upon the performance of any participant in such game or contest;\n(2) Makes a bet upon the result of any political nomination, appointment, or election or upon the degree of success of any nominee, appointee, or candidate; or\n(3) Plays and bets for money or other thing of value at any game played with cards, dice, or balls.\n(b) A person who commits the offense of gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["TITLE 16 Crimes and Offenses","CHAPTER 12 Offenses Against Public Health and Morals","Article 2 Gambling and Related Offenses","PART 1 Gambling"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.16.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"f8de92e431d073c4989b54c1cb238ba3404d1a970945aa7565ca4d33368fa5d8","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-20","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-16-12-22"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}