Section 30-19-3 - Commercial gambling. - New Mexico Statutes

30-19-3. Commercial gambling.

Commercial gambling consists of either:   

A.     participating in the earnings of or operating a gambling place;   

B.     receiving, recording or forwarding bets or offers to bet;   

C.     possessing facilities with the intent to receive, record or forward bets or offers to bet;   

D.     for gain, becoming a custodian of anything of value, bet or offered to be bet;   

E.     conducting a lottery where both the consideration and the prize are money, or whoever with intent to conduct a lottery, possesses facilities to do so; or   

F.     setting up for use, for the purpose of gambling, or collecting the proceeds of, any gambling device.   

Whoever commits commercial gambling is guilty of a fourth degree felony.