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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIX. Public Safety and Morals § 230.990.Penalties

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) Any person who violates KRS 230.070 or KRS 230.080(3) shall be guilty of a Class D felony.

(2) Any person who violates KRS 230.090 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) Any person who violates KRS 230.680 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(4) Any person who refuses to make any report or to turn over sums as required by KRS 230.361 to 230.373 shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(5) Any person failing to appear before the corporation at the time and place specified in the summons issued pursuant to KRS 230.260(12), or refusing to testify, shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor. False swearing on the part of any witness shall be deemed perjury and punished as such.

(6)(a) A person is guilty of tampering with or interfering with a horse race when, with the intent to influence the outcome of a horse race, he or she uses any device, material, or substance not approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation on or in any participant involved in or eligible to compete in a horse race to be viewed by the public.

(b) Any person who, while outside the Commonwealth and with intent to influence the outcome of a horse race contested within the Commonwealth, tampers with or interferes with any equine participant involved in or eligible to compete in a horse race in the Commonwealth is guilty of tampering with or interfering with a horse race.

(c) Tampering with or interfering with a horse race is a Class C felony.

(7) Any participant who wagers on a sporting event in violation of KRS 230.820 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(8) Any person tampering with the outcome of a sporting event in violation of KRS 230.820 is guilty of a Class C felony.

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