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Montana Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling § 23-5-501. Definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

As used in this part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply:

(1)(a) “Multiple competitor sports pool” means a sports pool in which three or more competitors simultaneously compete in a college or professional sports event or series of sports events. The term includes but is not limited to a sports event in which competitors are placed into a bracket.

(b) The term does not include multiple competitor sports pools utilizing any form of internet gambling as defined in 23-5-112.

(2) “Sports pool” means a gambling activity, other than an activity governed under chapter 4 or chapter 5, part 2, of this title, in which a person wagers money for each chance to win money or other items of value based on the outcome of a sports event or series of sports events wherein the competitors in the sports event or series of sports events are natural persons or animals.

(3) “Sports tab” means a folded or banded ticket with a face covered to conceal a combination of two numbers, with each number ranging from zero through nine.

(4) “Sports tab game” means a gambling enterprise conducted on a card to which 100 sports tabs are attached that have 100 different combinations for which consideration in money is paid by the person purchasing each tab. A person may purchase a sports tab from the card for the chance to win money or other items of value on a sports event or series of sports events as provided in 23-5-503.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Montana Title 23. Parks, Recreation, Sports, and Gambling § 23-5-501. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/mt/title-23-parks-recreation-sports-and-gambling/mt-st-23-5-501/

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