This section of the United States Code, under the Crimes and Criminal Procedure, specifically addresses the interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia. It prohibits any person, except a common carrier in the usual course of its business, from knowingly carrying or sending in interstate or foreign commerce any record, paraphernalia, ticket, certificate, bills, slip, token, paper, writing, or other device used, or to be used, or adapted, devised, or designed for use in bookmaking, wagering pools with respect to a sporting event, or in a numbers, policy, bolita, or similar game.

This legal document, found in the United States Code under the Crimes and Criminal Procedure section, prohibits illegal gambling businesses. It applies to any person who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns all or part of such a business. An illegal gambling business is defined as a gambling business that violates state or local laws, involves five or more individuals who are involved in conducting, financing, managing, supervising, directing, or owning the business, and operates continuously for more than thirty days or has a gross revenue of $2,000 in a single day.

This legal document, found in the United States Code under the section on racketeering, prohibits the operation of unlicensed money transmitting businesses. It applies to individuals or entities who knowingly conduct, control, manage, supervise, direct, or own all or part of such businesses. An unlicensed money transmitting business is defined as a business that affects interstate or foreign commerce and operates without the required money transmitting license in a state where such operation is punishable as a misdemeanor or felony, fails to comply with money transmitting business registration requirements, or involves the transportation or transmission of funds derived from a criminal offense or intended to promote unlawful activity.

This legal document, found in the United States Code under the section on Crimes and Criminal Procedure, provides definitions for terms related to gambling. It governs gambling establishments, gambling ships, vessels, and wire communication facilities. The document applies to operators and users of these entities. However, it does not apply to gambling aboard a vessel beyond the territorial waters of the United States during a covered voyage. The document defines terms such as ‘gambling ship,’ ‘gambling establishment,’ ‘vessel,’ ‘American vessel,’ and ‘wire communication facility.

These legal documents govern various aspects of lotteries and related activities. They prohibit the importation or transportation of lottery tickets or any instrument representing a ticket, chance, share, or interest in a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes based on chance. They also prohibit the transmission of information for the purpose of procuring such tickets or shares. Violators may face fines or imprisonment. Additionally, the documents prohibit the mailing of lottery-related matter and the broadcasting of advertisements or information about lotteries.

These legal documents cover various aspects of fraud offenses and related matters. They include provisions on mail fraud, wire fraud, bank fraud, injunctions against fraud, definition of ‘scheme or artifice to defraud’, health care fraud, securities and commodities fraud, attempt and conspiracy, failure of corporate officers to certify financial reports, and fraud in foreign labor contracting. The documents apply to individuals or entities involved in fraudulent activities, financial institutions, health care benefit programs, securities and commodities markets, corporate officers, and individuals or entities involved in foreign labor contracting.

The Indian Gaming Regulation governs the operation and regulation of gaming activities on Indian lands. It recognizes the right of Indian tribes to engage in gaming activities as a means of generating tribal governmental revenue. The regulation establishes the National Indian Gaming Commission within the Department of the Interior, composed of three full-time members appointed by the President and the Secretary of the Interior. The Commission is responsible for approving tribal ordinances or resolutions regulating class II and class III gaming, as well as management contracts for such gaming activities.

Bad checks If any instrument in payment, by any commercially acceptable means, of any amount receivable under this title is not duly paid, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, there shall be paid as a penalty by the person who tendered such instrument, upon notice and demand by the Secretary, in the same manner as tax, an amount equal to 2 percent of the amount of such instrument, except that if the amount of such instrument is less than $1,250, the penalty under this section shall be $25 or the amount of such instrument, whichever is the lesser.

This legal document, 2461 of the United States Code, governs the mode of recovery for civil fines, penalties, and pecuniary forfeitures. When an Act of Congress prescribes a civil fine, penalty, or pecuniary forfeiture without specifying the mode of recovery, it may be recovered through a civil action. If a forfeiture of property is prescribed as a penalty for violating an Act of Congress and the seizure occurs on the high seas or navigable waters within the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of the United States, the forfeiture may be enforced by libel in admiralty.

Unlawful sports gambling It shall be unlawful for (1) a governmental entity to sponsor, operate, advertise, promote, license, or authorize by law or compact, or (2) a person to sponsor, operate, advertise, or promote, pursuant to the law or compact of a governmental entity, a lottery, sweepstakes, or other betting, gambling, or wagering scheme based, directly or indirectly (through the use of geographical references or otherwise), on one or more competitive games in which amateur or professional athletes participate, or are intended to participate, or on one or more performances of such athletes in such games.