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<section article="gsg" article_name="State Government" number="9-124" title_number="9" title_name="Miscellaneous Executive Agencies" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency">
  <level label="a">
    <text>This section does not prohibit:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>giving a State lottery ticket or share as a gift;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>buying a State lottery ticket or share as a gift for a minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>the Agency from directly selling any State lottery ticket to the public as provided in § 9–111(d) of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person or governmental unit may not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>hold itself out to the public as a State lottery sales agent without being licensed by the Agency to act as a licensed agent;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>unless a licensed agent or employee of a licensed agent, sell a State lottery ticket or share;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>sell or purchase:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a State lottery ticket or share at any price other than the price that the regulations of the Agency set; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>the prize validated for payment by the Agency;</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>sell a State lottery ticket or share to a minor;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>knowingly present a counterfeit or altered State lottery ticket or share for payment;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>knowingly transfer a counterfeit or altered State lottery ticket or share to another person to present for payment; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="7">
      <text>knowingly purchase a State lottery ticket or share from another person with the intent to deceive or circumvent the payment of prize winnings to the State, in accordance with:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§ 11–616(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 10–113.1(b) of the Family Law Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 3–307 of the State Finance and Procurement Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>§ 10–905(c)(3) of the Tax – General Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless a person receives written authorization from the Agency, the person may not use the term “Maryland State lottery”, “Maryland lottery”, “State lottery”, “Maryland State Lottery Agency”, “Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Agency”, “Maryland State Lottery Commission”, “Maryland State Lottery and Gaming Control Commission”, or any variation of these terms in the title or name of a charitable or commercial enterprise, product, or service.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A licensed agent may not fail to report, as required by the Internal Revenue Service or the Agency, income tax information relating to holders of winning lottery tickets.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For prizes of over $600, a licensed agent may not fail to determine, through the Agency and prior to paying the prize whether a holder of a winning lottery ticket has been certified under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§ 11–616(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 10–113.1(b) of the Family Law Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 3–307 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A licensed agent may not pay a prize to a holder of a winning lottery ticket if the Agency has notified the licensed agent that the holder has been certified under:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>§ 11–616(b) of the Criminal Procedure Article;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>§ 10–113.1 of the Family Law Article; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>§ 3–307 of the State Finance and Procurement Article.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A licensed agent may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>pay a prize winner less than the lawfully due prize amount;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>deceive or conspire with another person to pay less than the lawfully due prize amount to any prize winner;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>seek payment or claim reimbursement of a cashing fee for cashing a winning ticket for less than the lawfully due prize amount; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>receive a cashing fee for cashing a winning ticket filed in error.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A person who violates any provision of subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $2,500 or imprisonment not exceeding 3 years or both.</text>
  </level>
</section>
