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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="12-203" title_number="12" title_name="Gaming -- Statewide Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Lotteries">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A person may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold a lottery in this State; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>sell a lottery device in the State for a lottery drawn in this State or elsewhere.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than 3 months and not exceeding 12 months or a fine of not less than $200 and not exceeding $1,000 or both for each violation.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In addition to the penalty provided under subsection (b) of this section, a person who gives money or any other thing to purchase or obtain a lottery device, for each lottery device purchased or obtained, may recover $50 from:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person to whom the money or other thing was given; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>any person who aided or abetted that person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
