§ 1084. — Transmission of wagering information; penalties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1084]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 50--GAMBLING
Sec. 1084. Transmission of wagering information; penalties
(a) Whoever being engaged in the business of betting or wagering
knowingly uses a wire communication facility for the transmission in
interstate or foreign commerce of bets or wagers or information
assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on any sporting event or
contest, or for the transmission of a wire communication which entitles
the recipient to receive money or credit as a result of bets or wagers,
or for information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers, shall be
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the
transmission in interstate or foreign commerce of information for use in
news reporting of sporting events or contests, or for the transmission
of information assisting in the placing of bets or wagers on a sporting
event or contest from a State or foreign country where betting on that
sporting event or contest is legal into a State or foreign country in
which such betting is legal.
(c) Nothing contained in this section shall create immunity from
criminal prosecution under any laws of any State.
(d) When any common carrier, subject to the jurisdiction of the
Federal Communications Commission, is notified in writing by a Federal,
State, or local law enforcement agency, acting within its jurisdiction,
that any facility furnished by it is being used or will be used for the
purpose of transmitting or receiving gambling information in interstate
or foreign commerce in violation of Federal, State or local law, it
shall discontinue or refuse, the leasing, furnishing, or maintaining of
such facility, after reasonable notice to the subscriber, but no
damages, penalty or forfeiture, civil or criminal, shall be found
against any common carrier for any act done in compliance with any
notice received from a law enforcement agency. Nothing in this section
shall be deemed to prejudice the right of any person affected thereby to
secure an appropriate determination, as otherwise provided by law, in a
Federal court or in a State or local tribunal or agency, that such
facility should not be discontinued or removed, or should be restored.
(e) As used in this section, the term ``State'' means a State of the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, or a commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States.
(Added Pub. L. 87-216, Sec. 2, Sept. 13, 1961, 75 Stat. 491; amended
Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7024, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4397;
Pub. L. 101-647, title XII, Sec. 1205(g), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4831;
Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108
Stat. 2147.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this
title'' for ``fined not more than $10,000''.
1990--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-647 inserted ``commonwealth,'' before
``territory or possession of the United States''.
1988--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7024(a), inserted ``or
foreign country'' after ``State'' in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7024(b)(2), struck out ``,
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the District of
Columbia'' after ``State''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100-690, Sec. 7024(b)(1), added subsec. (e).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1961, 2516 of this title;
title 8 section 1101.
