Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Cal. Penal Code § 320
Lotteries
Applied in 10 court decisions — leading case 62 Cal. App. 2d 274 - People v. Gonzales (1944)
Most recently applied in Pauma Band Mission Indians v. State of California (September 2020)
Enacted 1872.
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