MO Amusement

Title XXXVIII — Crimes and Punishment; Peace Officers and Public Defenders

Chapter 572 Gambling

Section titles below match the official Revisor chapter index retrieved 2026-09-02. Notes are educational orientation, not case holdings and not a machine-level conclusion.

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneChapter.aspx?chapter=572

  1. § 572.010 Chapter definitions.

    The official definition of “gambling” includes an amusement-device exclusion when play confers only an immediate right of replay that is not exchangeable for something of value. Read the Revisor text. This page does not apply that definition to any machine.

  2. § 572.015 Constitutionally authorized activities not prohibited.

    Official heading only. Consult the Revisor for the enacted text.

  3. § 572.020 Gambling — penalty.

    Offense and penalty language is on the Revisor. No holding is stated here.

  4. § 572.030 Promoting gambling in the first degree — penalty.

    Official heading. See the Revisor for elements and penalty.

  5. § 572.040 Promoting gambling in the second degree — penalty.

    Official heading. See the Revisor for elements and penalty.

  6. § 572.050 Possession of gambling records in the first degree — penalty.

    Official heading. See the Revisor for elements and penalty.

  7. § 572.060 Possession of gambling records in the second degree — penalty.

    Official heading. See the Revisor for elements and penalty.

  8. § 572.070 Possession of a gambling device — penalty.

    The Revisor text addresses manufacture, sale, transport, placement, or possession of a slot machine or other gambling device in the circumstances the statute names. Class A misdemeanor is the penalty stated on the official page as of the retrieval date. This is not a determination about any retailer’s equipment.

  9. § 572.080 Lottery offenses — no defense.

    Official heading. See the Revisor.

  10. § 572.090 Gambling houses, public nuisances — abatement.

    Official heading. See the Revisor.

  11. § 572.100 Preemption — exclusions.

    Official heading. See the Revisor for preemption and exclusions.

  12. § 572.125 Antique slot machines exempt from section 572.120, when.

    Listed on the official Chapter 572 index. The heading references section 572.120; that section number did not appear as a current row on the Revisor chapter index as of 2026-09-02. No exemption analysis is offered here.