{"data":{"id":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5514","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"18 Pa.C.S. § 5514","heading":"Pool selling and bookmaking.","body":"A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he:\n(1) engages in pool selling or bookmaking;\n(2) occupies any place for the purpose of receiving, recording or registering bets or wagers, or of selling pools;\n(3) receives, records, registers, forwards, or purports or pretends to forward, to another, any bet or wager upon the result of any political nomination, appointment or election, or upon any contest of any nature;\n(4) becomes the custodian or depository, for gain or ward, of any property staked, wagered or pledged, or to be staked, wagered, or pledged upon any such result; or\n(5) being the owner, lessee, or occupant of any premises, knowingly permits or suffers the same, to be used or occupied for any of such purposes.","path":["Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","PART II DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC OFFENSES","ARTICLE F OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND DECENCY","CHAPTER 55 RIOT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RELATED OFFENSES","SUBCHAPTER A DEFINITION OF OFFENSES GENERALLY"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=18\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=55\u0026sctn=14\u0026subsctn=0","current_through":"2026-08-31 (Statute Update stamp, 18 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:31:28Z","sha256":"9d5ccaca24448f9fbd8af9f70d30d13759d4371661321b841eb59ca7cf246096","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5513","next":"us-pa/18-pa.c.s.-5515"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}