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Ark. Code Ann. § 5-55-501

Lottery fraud

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Sitzmann v. State (2019)

Most recently applied in Sitzmann v. State (February 2019)

Acts 2011, No. 207, § 1; 2015, No. 218, § 2.

(1) As used in this subchapter: “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.

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

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

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

(6) 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).

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.