Fraudulently operating a lottery consists of operating or managing any lottery which does not provide a fair and equal chance to all participants, or which lottery is conducted in a manner tending to defraud or mislead the public.
Whoever commits fraudulently operating a lottery is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1953 Comp., § 40A-19-7, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 303, § 19-7.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Recovery of money or property lost through cheating or fraud in forbidden gambling or game, 39 A.L.R.2d 1213.
Private contests and lotteries: entrants' rights and remedies, 64 A.L.R.4th 1021.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 30 - Criminal Offenses
Section 30-19-1 - Definitions relating to gambling.
Section 30-19-3 - Commercial gambling.
Section 30-19-4 - Permitting premises to be used for gambling.
Section 30-19-5 - Dealing in gambling devices.
Section 30-19-6 - Permissive lottery.
Section 30-19-7 - Fraudulently operating a lottery.
Section 30-19-7.2 - Recreational bingo exception.
Section 30-19-8 - Gambling and gambling houses as public nuisance.
Section 30-19-9 - Evidence of unlawful use of premises.
Section 30-19-10 - Forfeiture of equipment.
Section 30-19-11 - Remedy of lessor.
Section 30-19-12 - Duties of enforcement officials.
Section 30-19-13 - Bribery of participant in a contest.