Gambling Defined

TITLE 18 CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS CHAPTER 38 GAMING 18-3801. Gambling defined. "Gambling" means risking any money, credit, deposit or other thing of value for gain contingent in whole or in part upon lot, chance, the operation of a gambling device or the happening or outcome of an event, including a sporting event, the operation of casino gambling including, but not limited to, blackjack, craps, roulette, poker, bacarrat or keno, but does not include: (1)  Bona fide contests of skill, speed, strength or endurance in which awards are made only to entrants or the owners of entrants; or (2)  Bona fide business transactions which are valid under the law of contracts; or (3)  Games that award only additional play; or (4)  Merchant promotional contests and drawings conducted incidentally to bona fide nongaming business operations, if prizes are awarded without consideration being charged to participants; or (5)  Other acts or transactions now or hereafter expressly authorized by law.