{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-230.990","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 230.990","heading":"Penalties.","body":"(1) Any person who violates KRS 230.070 or KRS 230.080(3) shall be guilty of a Class\nD felony.\n(2) Any person who violates KRS 230.090 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(3) Any person who violates KRS 230.680 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(4) Any person who refuses to make any report or to turn over sums as required by\nKRS 230.361 to 230.373 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n(5) Any person failing to appear before the corporation at the time and place specified\nin the summons issued pursuant to KRS 230.260(12), or refusing to testify, shall be\nguilty of a Class B misdemeanor. False swearing on the part of any witness shall be\ndeemed perjury and punished as such.\n(6) (a) A person is guilty of tampering with or interfering with a horse race when,\nwith the intent to influence the outcome of a horse race, he or she uses any\ndevice, material, or substance not approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing\nand Gaming Corporation on or in any participant involved in or eligible to\ncompete in a horse race to be viewed by the public.\n(b) Any person who, while outside the Commonwealth and with intent to\ninfluence the outcome of a horse race contested within the Commonwealth,\ntampers with or interferes with any equine participant involved in or eligible\nto compete in a horse race in the Commonwealth is guilty of tampering with\nor interfering with a horse race.\n(c) Tampering with or interfering with a horse race is a Class C felony.\n(7) Any participant who wagers on a sporting event in violation of KRS 230.820 or\nparticipates in a fantasy contest in violation of KRS 230.842 is guilty of a Class A\nmisdemeanor.\n(8) Any person tampering with the outcome of a sporting event in violation of KR S\n230.820 or a fantasy contest in violation of KRS 230.842 is guilty of a Class C\nfelony.","path":["KRS Chapter 230"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=58136","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:52:47Z","sha256":"d11447b4dcffbce2f9d6a31ecace2946fa0d78ef9b0b317ad60a16783ef38991","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-230.850","next":"us-ky/krs-231.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}