18 Pa.C.S. Ch. 71

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18 Pa.C.S. § 7101 Fraudulent entry of horses in race.

A person is guilty of a summary offense if he enters or causes to be entered for competition, or competes for any purse, prize, premium, stake or sweepstake, offered or given by any agricultural or other society, association, or person, any horse, mare or gelding, colt or filly, under an assumed name, or out of its proper class, when such prize, purse, premium, stake or sweepstake is to be decided by a contest, in running, trotting or pacing races.

18 Pa.C.S. § 7102 Administering drugs to race horses.

A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he administers drugs or stimulants with the intent to affect the speed of horses in races where there is a monetary award offered. Cross References. Section 7102 is referred to in sections 9318, 9323 of Title 3 (Agriculture).

18 Pa.C.S. § 7103 Horse racing.

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if he races, runs, paces or trots any horse, mare or gelding for money, goods or other valuable things, or contributes or collects any money, goods or valuable things to make up a purse therefor, or prints or causes to be printed, sets up or causes to be set up any advertisement mentioning the time and place for the running, pacing or trotting of any horses, mares or geldings, or knowingly suffers any such advertisement to be attached to his property or to remain on his property. (b) Wagers void.--All wagers and bets laid on any such race shall be null and void, and money, goods and valuable things lost on any such race, or the value thereof, may be recovered from the winner by action of assumpsit. (c) Exceptions.--Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as applying to racing at exhibitions of agricultural societies and associations, nor to trials of speed in any incorporated driving park, nor to races given by regularly incorporated trotting or thoroughbred racing associations, nor to races conducted pursuant to other applicable provisions of law.

18 Pa.C.S. § 7104 Fortune telling.

(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree if he pretends for gain or lucre, to tell fortunes or predict future events, by cards, tokens, the inspection of the head or hands of any person, or by the age of anyone, or by consulting the movements of the heavenly bodies, or in any other manner, or for gain or lucre, pretends to effect any purpose by spells, charms, necromancy, or incantation, or advises the taking or administering of what are commonly called love powders or potions, or prepares the same to be taken or administered, or publishes by card, circular, sign, newspaper or other means that he can predict future events, or for gain or lucre, pretends to enable anyone to get or to recover stolen property, or to tell where lost property is, or to stop bad luck, or to give good luck, or to put bad luck on a person or animal, or to stop or injure the business or health of a person or shorten his life, or to give success in business, enterprise, speculation, and games of chance, or to win the affection of a person, or to make one person marry another, or to induce a person to make or alter a will, or to tell where money or other property is hidden, or to tell where to dig for treasure, or to make a person to dispose of property in favor of another. (b) Advertising as evidence.--Any publication contrary to this section may be given in evidence to sustain the indictment. (c) Competency of witnesses.--Any person whose fortune may have been told shall be a competent witness against the person charged with violating this section.

18 Pa.C.S. § 7105 Pool and billiard rooms.

A person is guilty of a summary offense if he, being a licensed keeper, proprietor, owner or superintendent of any public poolroom or billiard room except as otherwise provided in this section for cities of the first class, permits such place to remain open on Sunday or between the hours of one o'clock antemeridian and six o'clock antemeridian of any secular day, or knowingly allows or permits any person under the age of 18 years to be present in any public poolroom or billiard room, or if he, being a licensed keeper, proprietor, owner or superintendent of any public poolroom or billiard room having at least six tables, in a city of the first class, permits such place to remain open on Sunday, except between the hours of one o'clock postmeridian and ten o'clock postmeridian, or knowingly allows or permits any person under the age of 16 years to be present in any such public poolroom or billiard room.

18 Pa.C.S. § 7106 Theater operators to require proof of age.

Every person who operates a motion picture theater, when showing a motion picture rated as being suitable for viewing for adults only, shall not sell to a minor under 16 years of age an admission ticket or pass, or shall not admit such minor for a monetary consideration to the theater wherein the motion picture is exhibited, unless such minor is accompanied by his parent. Whoever violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a summary offense.

18 Pa.C.S. § 7107 Unlawful actions by athlete agents.

(a) Offense defined.--An athlete agent shall not do any of the following: (1) Enter into an oral or written agent contract or professional sport services contract with a student athlete before the student athlete's eligibility for collegiate athletics expires. (2) Give, offer or promise anything of value to a student athlete, to his parent or guardian or to any member of the student athlete's immediate family before the student athlete's eligibility for collegiate athletics expires. (3) Enter into an oral or written agreement whereby the athlete agent gives, offers or promises anything of value to an employee of an institution of higher education in return for the referral of a student athlete by that employee. (b) Penalty.--An athlete agent who violates subsection (a) commits a misdemeanor of the first degree and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $10,000 or an amount equal to three times the amount given, offered or promised as an inducement as described in subsection (a)(2) or three times the value of the agreement entered into as described in subsection (a)(3), whichever is greater, or imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. (c) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection: "Agent contract." Any contract or agreement pursuant to which a person authorizes or empowers an athlete agent to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the person with one or more professional sport teams for the employment of the person by a professional sport team or to negotiate or solicit on behalf of the person for the employment of the person as a professional athlete. "Athlete agent." A person who, directly or indirectly, recruits or solicits a person to enter into an agent contract or professional sport services contract, or who procures, offers, promises or attempts to obtain employment for a person with a professional sport team or as a professional athlete. "Institution of higher education." A public or private college or university, including a community college. "Person." An individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, association, corporation or other legal entity. "Professional sport services contract." A contract or agreement pursuant to which a person is employed or agrees to render services as a player on a professional sport team or as a professional athlete. "Student athlete." A student enrolled in an institution of higher education who, while a student at the institution in which enrolled, is eligible to participate in any intercollegiate sporting event or contest in a particular sport and may have athletic eligibility remaining in that particular sport. "Value." Anything of value shall be any payment, loan, gift, good, service, expense of any kind or the promise of any of these for the future, regardless of the monetary worth of any of these items. (Dec. 21, 1988, P.L.1896, No.187, eff. 60 days) 2022 Partial Repeal. Section 4(2) of Act 139 provided that section 7107 is repealed insofar as it is inconsistent with Act 139. 1988 Amendment. Act 187 added section 7107.

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