No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older to a person less than that age. Any licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen (18) shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-9
Sales to minors — Gifts
P.L. 1974, ch. 20, § 1.
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