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Can you summarize ARCO 5-66-119?
Gambling > Lottery Promotion through sales.
Short Summary
This legal document governs the promotion of lotteries through sales in the state of Arkansas. It prohibits any person from setting up, promoting, engaging in, or participating in a plan, scheme, device, or other means where goods, property, or any other thing of value is sold to another person for consideration, with the further consideration that the purchaser agrees to obtain one or more persons to participate in the plan. Violation of this section is a Class D felony. However, there is an exemption that allows the printing or production of lottery tickets by a business located in Arkansas for use in a state where a lottery is permitted. This exemption clarifies the present law relating to lotteries and specifically permits businesses in Arkansas to print lottery tickets for use in states where lotteries are lawful.
Whom does it apply to?
Any person who sets up, promotes, engages in, or participates in a plan, scheme, device, or other means in which goods, property, or any other thing of value is sold to another person for consideration, with the further consideration that the purchaser agrees to obtain one or more persons to participate in the plan
What does it govern?
Promotion of lotteries through sales
What are exemptions?
The printing or production of lottery tickets by a business located in Arkansas for use in a state where a lottery is permitted is declared to be lawful.
What are the Penalties?
Violation of this section is a Class D felony.
Jurisdiction
Arkansas