Section 336.9 Of Chapter 10. Gaming 330-337z From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 10.
336.9
. (a) Notwithstanding Section 337a, and except as provided in
subdivision (b), any person who, not for gain, hire, or reward other
than that at stake under conditions available to every participant,
knowingly participates in any of the ways specified in paragraph (2),
(3), (4), (5), or (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 337a in any bet,
bets, wager, wagers, or betting pool or pools made between the
person and any other person or group of persons who are not acting
for gain, hire, or reward, other than that at stake under conditions
available to every participant, upon the result of any lawful trial,
or purported trial, or contest, or purported contest, of skill,
speed, or power of endurance of person or animal, or between persons,
animals, or mechanical apparatus, is guilty of an infraction,
punishable by a fine not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars ($250).
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to either of the following
situations:
(1) Any bet, bets, wager, wagers, or betting pool or pools made
online.
(2) Betting pools with more than two thousand five hundred dollars
($2,500) at stake.