32 CFR § 234.16 - Gambling.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s234.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 234.16 - Gambling."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "234.16"
section_name: "Gambling."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE"
subchapter_number: "M"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS"
part_number: "234"
part_name: "CONDUCT ON THE PENTAGON RESERVATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 131 and 2674(c)."
regulatory_source: "72 FR 29251, May 25, 2007, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "234"
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# 234.16 Gambling.
Gambling in any form, or the operation of gambling devices, is prohibited. This prohibition shall not apply to the vending or exchange of chances by licensed blind operators of vending facilities for any lottery set forth in a State law and authorized by the provisions of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. 107, *et seq.*).