14-291. Selling lottery tickets and acting as agent for lotteries.
Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this Article, if any person shall sell, barter or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or order for any number of shares in any lottery, or shall in anywise be concerned in such lottery, by acting as agent in the State for or on behalf of any such lottery, to be drawn or paid either out of or within the State, such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1834, c. 19, s. 2; R.C., c. 34, s. 70; Code, s. 1048; Rev., s. 3727; C.S., s. 4429; 1979, c. 893, s. 5; 1983, c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 201; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-344, s. 3(c).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Article 37 - Lotteries, Gaming, Bingo and Raffles.
§ 14-289 - Advertising lotteries.
§ 14-290 - Dealing in lotteries.
§ 14-291 - Selling lottery tickets and acting as agent for lotteries.
§ 14-291.1 - Selling "numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.
§ 14-291.2 - Pyramid and chain schemes prohibited.
§ 14-292.2 - Class III gaming on Indian lands.
§ 14-293 - Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty.
§ 14-294 - Gambling with faro banks and tables.
§ 14-295 - Keeping gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines, or betting thereat.
§ 14-296 - Illegal slot machines and punchboards defined.
§ 14-297 - Allowing gaming tables, illegal punchboards or slot machines on premises.
§ 14-298 - Seizure of illegal gaming items.
§ 14-299 - Property exhibited by gamblers to be seized; disposition of same.
§ 14-300 - Opposing destruction of gaming tables and seizure of property.
§ 14-301 - Operation or possession of slot machine; separate offenses.
§ 14-302 - Punchboards, vending machines, and other gambling devices; separate offenses.
§ 14-303 - Violation of two preceding sections a misdemeanor.
§ 14-304 - Manufacture, sale, etc., of slot machines and devices.
§ 14-305 - Agreements with reference to slot machines or devices made unlawful.
§ 14-306 - Slot machine or device defined.
§ 14-306.1A - Types of machines and devices prohibited by law; penalties.
§ 14-306.2 - Violation of G.S14-306.1A a violation of the ABC laws.
§ 14-306.3 - Certain game promotions unlawful.
§ 14-306.4 - Electronic machines and devices for sweepstakes prohibited.
§ 14-307 - Issuance of license prohibited.
§ 14-308 - Declared a public nuisance.
§ 14-309 - Violation made criminal.
§ 14-309.1 - Defense to possession; antique slot machines.
§ 14-309.7 - Licensing procedure.
§ 14-309.8 - Limit on sessions.
§ 14-309.10 - Operation of bingo.
§ 14-309.11 - Accounting and use of proceeds.
§ 14-309.12 - Violation is gambling.
§ 14-309.13 - Public sessions.
§ 14-309.20 - Greyhound racing prohibited.
§ 14-309.27 - Permit procedure.
§ 14-309.28 - Limits on game night events.
§ 14-309.29 - Game night; prizes and costs.
§ 14-309.30 - Operation of game night events.
§ 14-309.31 - Use of proceeds.
§ 14-309.32 - Violation is gambling.
§ 14-309.34 - Applicability to employer paid events.
§ 14-309.35 - Registration, possession, and transportation of gaming equipment.
§ 14-309.36 - Permit procedure for game night vendors.
§ 14-309.37 - Slot machines, video gaming machines, electronic sweepstakes machines not authorized.