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18 U.S.C. § 1302 — Mailing lottery tickets or related matter
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Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail:
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**(a)** Whoever commits an offense against the United States or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.
**(b)** Whoever willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States, is punishable as a principal.
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**(a)** Whoever, except a common carrier in the usual course of its business, knowingly carries or sends in interstate or foreign commerce any record, paraphernalia, ticket, certificate, bills, slip, token, paper, writing, or other device used, or to be used, or adapted, devised, or designed for use in (a) bookmaking; or (b) wagering pools with respect to a sporting event; or (c) in a numbers, policy, bolita, or similar game shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than five years or both.
**(b)** This section shall not apply to (1) parimutuel betting equipment, parimutuel tickets where legally acquired, or parimutuel materials used or designed for use at racetracks or other sporting events in connection with which betting is legal under applicable State law, or (2) the transportation of betting materials to be used in the placing of bets or wagers on a sporting event into a State in which such betting is legal under the statutes of that State, or (3) the carriage or transportation in interstate or foreign commerce of any newspaper or similar publication, or (4) equipment, tickets, or materials used or designed for use within a State in a lottery conducted by that State acting under authority of State law, (5) equipment, tickets, or materials used or designed for use in a savings promotion raffle operated by an insured depository institution or an insured credit union, or (6) the transportation in foreign commerce to a destination in a foreign country of equipment, tickets, or materials designed to be used within that foreign country in a lottery which is authorized by the laws of that foreign country.
**(c)** Nothing contained in this section shall create immunity from criminal prosecution under any laws of any State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, te
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TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
§ 1301
1 So in original. The comma probably should not appear.
Sec.
1305.
Fishing contests.
1306.
Participation by financial institutions.
1307.
Exceptions relating to certain advertisements
and other information and to State-con-
ducted lotteries.
1308.
Limitation of applicability.
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2014—Pub. L. 113–251, § 4(b), Dec. 18, 2014, 128 Stat.
2890, added item 1308.
1988—Pub. L. 100–625, § 3(a)(2), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat.
3206, substituted ‘‘Exceptions relating to certain adver-
tisements and other information and to State-con-
ducted lotteries’’ for ‘‘State-conducted lotteries’’ in
item 1307.
1975—Pub. L. 93–583, § 2, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1916,
added item 1307.
1967—Pub. L. 90–203, § 5(b), Dec. 15, 1967, 81 Stat. 611,
added item 1306.
1950—Act Aug. 16, 1950, ch. 722, § 2, 64 Stat. 452, added
item 1305.
1949—Act May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 33, 63 Stat. 94, sub-
stituted ‘‘as’’ for ‘‘at’’ in item 1303.
§ 1301. Importing or transporting lottery tickets
Whoever brings into the United States for the
purpose of disposing of the same, or knowingly
deposits with any express company or other
common carrier for carriage, or carries in inter-
state or foreign commerce any paper, certifi-
cate, or instrument purporting to be or to rep-
resent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or
dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift en-
terprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes de-
pendent in whole or in part upon lot or chance,
or any advertisement of, or list of the prizes
drawn or awarded by means of, any such lottery,
gift enterprise, or similar scheme; or, being en-
gaged in the business of procuring for a person
in 1 State such a ticket, chance, share, or inter-
est in a lottery
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