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11. Offences against public deceny and morals
 
  Article 86-Offences of gambling  
86.1 Unlawful gambling  
  Unlawful gambling is when a person, persons and/or legal entity engage in activities involving gambling for money for which no proper permit is in existence for that activity by those persons or for that location.  
 
 Primary Fact(s)
 1. A gambling event was found to have taken place at a specific location;
 2. No lawful permit was in place for the gambling event;
 3. That the accused has prior knowledge that the gambling event was not lawfully permitted;
 4. That the actions of the accused contributed in some way to the gambling event;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 1-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) as a patron of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is less than 1/6 annual average wage;
4-6
 a) as a patron of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 1/6 and less than 1/2 annual average wage;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 2-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) as a patron of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 1/2 and less than 2 times annual average wage;
b) as the property owner/organizer of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is less than 1/6 annual average wage;
4-6
 a) as a patron of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 2 times annual average wage;
b) as the property owner/organizer of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 1/6 and less than 1/2 annual average wage;
 
 
 Penalty Conditions (Level 3-Crime)
Type
 Condition(s)
1-3
 a) as the property owner/organizer of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 1/2 and less than 2 times annual average wage;
4-6
 a) as the property owner/organizer of an unlawful gambling event at which the total seized value of gambled assets/cash is greater than 2 times annual average wage;
 
     
     
 
 

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