{"data":{"id":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1221","jurisdiction":"us-hi","citation":"Haw. Rev. Stat. § 712-1221","heading":"Promoting gambling in the first degree.","body":"(1) A person commits the offense of promoting gambling in the first degree if the person recklessly advances or profits from gambling activity by:\n\n(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;\n\n(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\n\n(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.\n\n(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]\n\nRevision Note\n\nIn subsection (1)(a), \"or\" deleted pursuant to §23G-15.","path":["HI Code","Division 5","Title 37","Chapter 712"],"source_url":"http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol14_Ch0701-0853/HRS0712/HRS_0712-1221.htm","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:11Z","sha256":"f677d61b631e6116b3025f49bb4a193da0644c6a1ccacbf6afaabfec015433e2","source_id":"us-hi","stale":false,"prev":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1219.5","next":"us-hi/haw.-rev.-stat.-712-1222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}