{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-528.110","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 528.110","heading":"Horse races, messenger betting prohibited -- Exception.","body":"(1) Any person who, either for himself or as agent or employee of another, wagers\nmoney or anything of value on a horse race run or about to be run or advertised,\nposted, or reported as being run at any race track in or out of this state, or who\nengages in the occupation of receiving, making, transmitting, or negotiating, either\nin person or by messenger, telephone, or telegraph, wagers on horse races run or\nabout to be run or advertised, posted, or reported as being run or about to be run at\nany race track in or out of the state, shall, except in the case of wagers made within\nthe enclosure of a race track licensed by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming\nCorporation during an authorized race meeting at that track, or an enclosure during\nregular meetings in which running, trotting, or pacing races are being conducted by\nassociations regularly organized for that purpose, be guilty of a Class A\nmisdemeanor.\n(2) In any prosecution under subsection (1) of this section, the state need not prove that\nthe horse race upo n which the wager was placed was actually run. Proof that the\nwager was made upon what purported to be or what was advertised, reported, or\nunderstood to be a horse race shall be sufficient to establish a prima facie case for\nthe state.","path":["KRS Chapter 528"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54746","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T21:00:04Z","sha256":"b55af703790c8b74efa2a7959b1c145aa6ca3cb1fc359f146a28bb97b8344223","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-528.100","next":"us-ky/krs-528.120"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}