A person who knowingly solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as a participant, official, or other person associated with the contest, with the intent to prevent a publicly exhibited sporting contest from being conducted in accordance with the rules and usages purporting to govern it, is guilty of Sports Bribery.

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE

The State’s burden of proof is satisfied if the evidence shows, beyond a reasonable doubt, the following essential elements:

1) On or about [month] [day] [year], in [County], North Dakota, the Defendant, _______________, with the intent to prevent a publicly exhibited sporting contest from being conducted in accordance with the rules and usages purported to govern it;

2) Knowingly solicited, accepted, or agreed to accept any benefit, as a participant, official, or other person associated with the contest as follows: _______________.

DEFINITIONS As used in the instructions, a "publicly exhibited sporting contest" is any contest in any sport, between individual contestants or teams of contestants, the occurrence of which is publicly announced in advance of the event. [Insert other relevant definitions. NDCC 12.1-01-14.]

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