Section 97-33-21 - Gambling; gambling with minor; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

Any person of full age who shall bet any money or thing of any value with a minor, or allow a minor to bet at any game or gaming-table exhibited by him, or in which he is interested or in any manner concerned, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and imprisoned not less than three (3) months.This section shall apply to minors under the age of twenty-one (21) as it might apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.Codes, 1857, ch. 64, art. 142; 1871, § 2606; 1880, § 2852; 1892, § 1129; 1906, § 1211; Hemingway's 1917, § 941; 1930, § 968; 1942, § 2198.Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 56, eff. 9/1/2018.