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§ 14‑291.1.  Selling"numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.

Except as provided in Chapter18C of the General Statutes, in connection with a lawful lottery conducted inanother state, or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 ofthis Article, if any person shall sell, barter or cause to be sold or bartered,any ticket, token, certificate or order for any number or shares in anylottery, commonly known as the numbers or butter and egg lottery, or lotteriesof similar character, to be drawn or paid within or without the State, suchperson shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall have inhis possession any tickets, tokens, certificates or orders used in theoperation of any such lottery shall be guilty under this section, and thepossession of such tickets shall be prima facie evidence of the violation ofthis section. (1943,c. 550; 1979, c. 893, s. 6; 1983, c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 202; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005‑344, s. 3(d).)

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_14 > GS_14-291_1

§ 14‑291.1.  Selling"numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.

Except as provided in Chapter18C of the General Statutes, in connection with a lawful lottery conducted inanother state, or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 ofthis Article, if any person shall sell, barter or cause to be sold or bartered,any ticket, token, certificate or order for any number or shares in anylottery, commonly known as the numbers or butter and egg lottery, or lotteriesof similar character, to be drawn or paid within or without the State, suchperson shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall have inhis possession any tickets, tokens, certificates or orders used in theoperation of any such lottery shall be guilty under this section, and thepossession of such tickets shall be prima facie evidence of the violation ofthis section. (1943,c. 550; 1979, c. 893, s. 6; 1983, c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 202; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005‑344, s. 3(d).)


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_14 > GS_14-291_1

§ 14‑291.1.  Selling"numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.

Except as provided in Chapter18C of the General Statutes, in connection with a lawful lottery conducted inanother state, or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 ofthis Article, if any person shall sell, barter or cause to be sold or bartered,any ticket, token, certificate or order for any number or shares in anylottery, commonly known as the numbers or butter and egg lottery, or lotteriesof similar character, to be drawn or paid within or without the State, suchperson shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall have inhis possession any tickets, tokens, certificates or orders used in theoperation of any such lottery shall be guilty under this section, and thepossession of such tickets shall be prima facie evidence of the violation ofthis section. (1943,c. 550; 1979, c. 893, s. 6; 1983, c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 202; 1994, Ex.Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005‑344, s. 3(d).)