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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="12-105" title_number="12" title_name="Gaming -- Statewide Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>applies notwithstanding the issuance of a license or permit through or by a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>does not authorize an act that is otherwise prohibited by law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person may not bet, wager, or gamble or keep, conduct, maintain, or operate a gaming device on:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a vessel or a part of a vessel on water within the State, except as provided in § 6-209 of the Transportation Article; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>all or a part of a building or other structure that is built on or over water within the State, if the building or other structure cannot be entered from the shore of the State by a person on foot.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>To conduct, maintain, or operate a gaming device, a person may not establish, keep, rent, use, or occupy, or knowingly allow to be established, kept, rented, used, or occupied:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a vessel on water within the State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>a building or other structure that is built on or over water within the State, if the building or other structure cannot be entered from the shore of the State by a person on foot.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine of not less than $200 and not exceeding $1,000 or both for each violation.</text>
  </level>
</section>
