Rhode Island General Laws 11-19-20. Inducing others to visit gambling place
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Every person who shall, on any pretext whatsoever, invite, entice, persuade, or induce any other person to visit any house, room, or other place kept for the purpose of gambling, with the intent that that other person shall at that place engage in gambling or playing at any game of chance, for money or other valuable consideration, shall be fined not less than five hundred dollars ($500) and be imprisoned one year.
History of Section.
G.L. 1896, ch. 283, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 349, § 11; G.L. 1923, ch. 401, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 612, § 11; G.L. 1956, § 11-19-20.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-19-20
- person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6