§ 5-55-501. Lottery fraud

AR Code § 5-55-501 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Lottery" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and

(2) "Ticket or share" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.

(b) A person commits the offense of lottery fraud if he or she:

(1) Falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a ticket or share in a lottery with a purpose to defraud the Office of the Arkansas Lottery; or

(2) Purposely influences the winning of a lottery prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials.

(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.

(d) In addition to the fine for a conviction under § 5-4-201, a person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to an additional fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

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