Any person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes or draws any lottery shall be guilty of a felony punishable by a fine equal to double the amount of the whole sum or value for which such lottery was made, and if such amount cannot be ascertained, then, by imprisonment in the State Penitentiary not exceeding two (2) years or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one (1) year, or by a fine of Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
R.L. 1910, § 2472. Amended by Laws 1997, c. 133, § 282, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 5, § 185, eff. July 1, 1999.
NOTE: Laws 1998, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 23 amended the effective date of Laws 1997, c. 133, § 282 from July 1, 1998, to July 1, 1999.