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<section article="gcr" article_name="Criminal Law" number="12-204" 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>keep a house, office, or other place for the purpose of selling or bartering a lottery device in violation of § 12-203 of this subtitle; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>allow a house or office that the person owns to be used for the purpose of selling or bartering a lottery device in violation of § 12-203 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person who knows that the person’s house or office is being used for the purpose of selling or bartering a lottery device in violation of § 12-203 of this subtitle is deemed to be allowing the house or office to be used for those purposes.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment not exceeding 1 year or a fine not exceeding $1,000 or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
