Ohio Revised Code Chapter 2915 - Gambling

• Section 2915.01 - Gambling Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (A) "Bookmaking" means the business of receiving or paying off bets. (B) "Bet" means the hazarding of anything of...
• Section 2915.02 - Gambling.
  (A) No person shall do any of the following: (1) Engage in bookmaking, or knowingly engage in conduct that facilitates bookmaking; (2) Establish, promote,...
• Section 2915.03 - Operating A Gambling House.
  (A) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control, or supervision of premises, shall: (1) Use or occupy such premises for...
• Section 2915.04 - Public Gaming.
  (A) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall, or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement, or resort shall make...
• Section 2915.05 - Cheating - Corrupting Sports.
  (A) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the...
• Section 2915.06 - Skill-based Amusement Machine Prohibited Conduct.
  (A) No person shall give to another person any item described in division (VV)(1), (2), (3), or (4) of section 2915.01 of the Revised...
• Section 2915.061 - Regulation Of Skill-based Amusement Machines.
  Any regulation of skill-based amusement machines shall be governed by this chapter and not by Chapter 1345. of the Revised Code. Effective Date: 2007...
• Section 2915.07 - Conducting Illegal Bingo.
  (A) No person, except a charitable organization that has obtained a license pursuant to section 2915.08 of the Revised Code, shall conduct or advertise...
• Section 2915.08 - Application For License To Conduct Bingo, Instant Bingo.
  (A) (1) Annually before the first day of January, a charitable organization that desires to conduct bingo, instant bingo at a bingo session, or...
• Section 2915.081 - Illegally Operating As Distributor Of Bingo Supplies.
  (A) No distributor shall sell, offer to sell, or otherwise provide or offer to provide bingo supplies to another person, or modify, convert, add...
• Section 2915.082 - Illegally Operating As Manufacturer Of Bingo Supplies.
  (A) No manufacturer shall sell, offer to sell, or otherwise provide or offer to provide bingo supplies for use in this state without having...
• Section 2915.09 - Illegally Conducting Bingo Game - Rules.
  (A) No charitable organization that conducts bingo shall fail to do any of the following: (1) Own all of the equipment used to conduct...
• Section 2915.091 - Illegally Conducting Instant Bingo - Rules.
  (A) No charitable organization that conducts instant bingo shall do any of the following: (1) Fail to comply with the requirements of divisions (A)(1),...
• Section 2915.092 - Raffles - Illegal Conduct Of Raffle - Penalties.
  (A) (1) Subject to division (A)(2) of this section, a charitable organization, a public school, a chartered nonpublic school, a community school, or a...
• Section 2915.093 - Charitable Organization Conducting Instant Bingo Other Than At Bingo Session At Location Where Primary Activity Is Instant Bingo.
  (A) As used in this section, "retail income from all commercial activity" means the income that a person receives from the provision of goods,...
• Section 2915.094 - Owner Or Lessor Conducting Instant Bingo Other Than At Bingo Session At Location Where Primary Activity Is Instant Bingo.
  (A) No owner or lessor of a location shall assist a charitable instant bingo organization in the conduct of instant bingo other than at...
• Section 2915.095 - Standard Contract For The Conduct Of Instant Bingo Other Than At Bingo Session.
  The attorney general, by rule adopted pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code, shall establish a standard contract to be used by a...
• Section 2915.10 - Bingo Records Retention.
  (A) No charitable organization that conducts bingo or a game of chance pursuant to division (D) of section 2915.02 of the Revised Code shall...
• Section 2915.101 - Distributing Net Profit From Proceeds Of Sale Of Instant Bingo.
  Except as otherwise provided by law, a charitable organization that conducts instant bingo shall distribute the net profit from the proceeds of the sale...
• Section 2915.11 - Bingo Game Operator Requirements.
  (A) No person shall be a bingo game operator unless he is eighteen years of age or older. (B) No person who has been...
• Section 2915.111 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2915.12 - Bingo Games Conducted For Amusement Only.
  (A) Sections 2915.07 to 2915.11 of the Revised Code do not apply to bingo games that are conducted for the purpose of amusement only....
• Section 2915.121, 2915.122 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2915.13 - Veteran's Organization Or Fraternal Organization Authorized To Conduct Bingo Session.
  (A) A veteran's organization, a fraternal organization, or a sporting organization authorized to conduct a bingo session pursuant to sections 2915.01 to 2915.12 of...
• Section 2915.14 To 2915.21 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2915.31 To 2915.37 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974
• Section 2915.40 - [Repealed].
  Effective Date: 01-01-1974

Last modified: October 10, 2016