Fraudulently operating a lottery consists of operating or managing any lottery which does not provide a fair and equal chance to all participants, or which lottery is conducted in a manner tending to defraud or mislead the public.
Whoever commits fraudulently operating a lottery is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-19-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 19-7.
ANNOTATIONSAm. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Recovery of money or property lost through cheating or fraud in forbidden gambling or game, 39 A.L.R.2d 1213.
Private contests and lotteries: entrants' rights and remedies, 64 A.L.R.4th 1021.