{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-572.050","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 572.050","heading":"Possession of gambling records in the first degree — penalty.","body":"1. A person commits the offense of possession of gambling records in the first degree if, with knowledge of the contents thereof, he or she possesses any gambling record of a kind used:\n(1) In the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five bets totaling more than five hundred dollars; or\n(2) In the operation, promotion or playing of a lottery or policy scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting or representing more than five hundred plays or chances therein.\n2. No offense is committed under subdivision (1) of subsection 1 of this section if the gambling record possessed by the person constituted, reflected or represented his or her own bets in a number not exceeding ten.\n3. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue under subsection 2.\n4. The offense of possession of gambling records in the first degree is a class E felony.","path":["Title XXXVIII - CRIMES AND PUNISHMENT; PEACE OFFICERS AND PUBLIC DEFENDERS","Chapter 572 - Gambling"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=572.050","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:29Z","sha256":"65a9377eb756322aed60d827d973cdee661f67c667f10eb52c367a30a80f5064","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-572.040","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-572.060"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}