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5-66-118. Lottery, etc. — Tickets.
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5-66-118. Lottery, etc. — Tickets.
(a) Except as authorized under the Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act, § 23-114-101 et seq., it is unlawful for a person to:
(1) Keep an office, room, or place for the sale or disposition of a lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(2) Vend, sell, or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(3) Possess any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device, except a lottery ticket issued in another state where a lottery is legal; or
(4) Be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the sale or disposition of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device.
(b) In any prosecution or investigation under this section, it is no exemption for a witness that his or her testimony may incriminate himself or herself, but no such testimony given by the witness shall be used against him or her in any prosecution except for perjury, and the witness is discharged from liability for any violation of the law upon his or her part disclosed by his or her testimony.
(c)(1) The General Assembly recognizes that:
(A) The present laws relating to lotteries are vague in certain areas and, although designed to prohibit the operation of lotteries in the state, may be interpreted to prohibit even the printing of lottery tickets by companies in this state for distribution in other states where lotteries are legal;
(B) There are companies in this state that print various types of tickets, stamps, tags, coupon books, and similar devices and that may be interested in printing lottery tickets for states where lotteries a
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-66-118
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5-66-118. Lottery, etc. — Tickets.
(a) Except as authorized under the Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act, § 23-114-101 et seq., it is unlawful for a person to:
(1) Keep an office, room, or place for the sale or disposition of a lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(2) Vend, sell, or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, gift concert ticket or slip, or like device;
(3) Possess any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device, except a lottery ticket issued in another state where a lottery is legal; or
(4) Be interested, either directly or indirectly, in the sale or disposition of any lottery ticket or slip, policy ticket or slip, or gift concert ticket or slip, or like device.
(b) In any prosecution or investigation under this section, it is no exemption for a witness that his or her testimony may incriminate himself or herself, but no such testimony given by the witness shall be used against him or her in any prosecution except for perjury, and the witness is discharged from liability for any violation of the law upon his or her part disclosed by his or her testimony.
(c)(1) The General Assembly recognizes that:
(A) The present laws relating to lotteries are vague in certain areas and, although designed to prohibit the operation of lotteries in the state, may be interpreted to prohibit even the printing of lottery tickets by companies in this state for distribution in other states where lotteries are legal;
(B) There are companies in this state that print various types of tickets, stamps, tags, coupon books, and similar devices and that may be interested in printing lottery tickets for states where lotteries are lawful; and
(C) It is the intent and purpose of this subsection to clarify the present law relating to lotteries to specifically permit businesses in Arkansas to print lottery tickets for use in states where lotteries are lawful.
(2)(A) The printing or other production of lottery tickets by a business located in Arkansas for use in a state where a lottery is permitted is declared to be lawful.
(B) Nothing contained in this section and § 5-66-119 or any other law shall be construed to make printing or production of lottery tickets described in subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section unlawful.
(d)(1) Upon conviction, any person who violates this section is guilty of a violation and shall be fined an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(2) A second or subsequent offense is a Class D felony.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
23-114-101. Short title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Charitable Bingo and Raffles Enabling Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 23-114-101
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-66-119. Lottery — Promotion through sales.
(a)(1) Any person who in this state, directly or indirectly, sets up, promotes, engages in, or in any manner participates in any plan, scheme, device, or other means, either alone or in concert with any other person, firm, or corporation, either within or without the State of Arkansas, in which goods, property, or any other thing of value is sold to any person, firm, or corporation for any consideration, either cash or otherwise, and upon the further consideration that the purchaser agrees to obtain one (1) or more persons to participate in the plan, scheme, device, or other means by making a similar purchase and a similar agreement to secure one (1) or more other persons to participate in the plan, scheme, device, or other means in the same manner, each purchaser being given the right to obtain money, credits, goods, or some other thing of value, depending upon the number of persons joining in or participating in the plan, scheme, device, or other means, is declared to have set up, promoted, engaged in, or participated in a lottery, which is declared to be unlawful.
(2) The promotion, engaging in, or participation in the plan, scheme, device, or other means described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is punishable as provided in this section.
(b)(1) Upon a complaint filed by any interested person, on relation of the State of Arkansas, the Attorney General, or any prosecuting attorney of any county where a plan, scheme, device, or other means described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is proposed, promoted, operated, engaged in, or participated in, the circuit court of the county where the plan, scheme, device, or other means described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section is set up, proposed, operated, promote
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-66-119
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-66-119. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.