CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2993
Receiving or Holding Bets (Pen. Code, § 337a(a)(3))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with (receiving[,]/ [or]
holding[,]/ [or] forwarding) bets [in violation of Penal Code section
337a(a)(3)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant (received[,]/ [or] held[,]/ [or] forwarded) money [or
something valuable];
AND
2. The defendant knew that it was given to (him/her) as a bet.
A bet is a wager or agreement between two or more people that if an
uncertain future event happens, the loser will (pay money to the winner/
[or] give the winner something of value). [A bet includes a wager made
on the outcome of any actual or purported event, including but not
limited to any kind of sporting contest [or <insert
description of event from Pen. Code, § 337a>].] [It is not necessary that
the event that was bet on actually take place.]
New January 2006
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2019
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