Lotteries; advertising prohibited; sale of newspapers; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law
Codes, 1892, § 1204; 1906, § 1282; Hemingway’s 1917, § 1014; 1930, § 1043; 1942, § 2275; Laws, 2018, 1st Ex Sess, ch. 2, § 61, eff from and after September 1, 2018.
If any newsdealer or other person shall, directly or indirectly, sell or offer for sale any newspaper or other publication containing a lottery advertisement, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.00) or imprisoned not less than ten (10) days, or both.
This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.
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