CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 2994
Recording Bets (Pen. Code, § 337a(a)(4))
The defendant is charged [in Count] with recording [or
registering] a bet [in violation of Penal Code section 337a(a)(4)].
To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must
prove that:
1. The defendant recorded [or registered] a bet;
AND
2. When the defendant acted, (he/she) knew that (he/she) was
recording or registering 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.]
Recording [or registering] a bet means making a notation on paper, or
using any other material or device, to allow winnings on the bet to be
distributed in the future. [Recording [or registering] a bet does not
require the type of registering or recording that occurs in a legitimate
business establishment.]
New January 2006
Provenance
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- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
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- calcrim-2019
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