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(3) Any tag fishing tournament operated under a permit issued under Ohio R.C. 1533.92, as "tag fishing tournament" is defined in Ohio R.C. 1531.01. (e) Subsection (d) hereof shall not be construed to authorize the sale, lease or other temporary or permanent transfer of the right to conduct schemes of chance or games of chance, as granted by subsection (d) hereof, by any charitable organization that is granted that right. (f) Whoever violates this section is guilty of gambling, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a gambling offense, gambling is a felony and shall be prosecuted under .appropriate State law. (ORC 2915.02) 517.03 OPERATING A GAMBLING HOUSE. (a) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control or supervision of premises, shall: (1) Use or occupy such premises for gambling in violation of Section 517.02; (2) Recklessly permit such premises to be used or occupied for gambling in violation of Section 517.02. (b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of operating a gambling house, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a gambling offense, operating a gambling house is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. (c) Premises used or occupied in violation of this section constitute a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3767. (ORC 2915.03) 517.04 PUBLIC GAMING. (a) No person, while at a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement or resort shall make a bet or play any game of chance. (b) No person, being the owner or lessee, or having custody, control or supervision of a hotel, restaurant, tavern, store, arena, hall or other place of public accommodation, business, amusement or resort shall recklessly permit such premises to be used or occupied in violation of subsection (a) hereof. (c) This section does not prohibit conduct in connection with gambling expressly permitted by law. (d) Whoever violates this section is guilty of public gaming, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been convicted of any gambling offense, public gaming is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (e) Premises used or occupied in violation of subsection (b) hereof constitute a nuisance subject to abatement pursuant to Ohio R.C. Chapter 3767. (ORC 2915.04) 517.05 CHEATING. (a) No person, with purpose to defraud or knowing that the person is facilitating a fraud, shall engage in conduct designed to corrupt the outcome of any of the following: (1) The subject of a bet; (2) A contest of knowledge, skill, or endurance that is not an athletic or sporting event; (3) A scheme or game of chance. 1998 Replacement