14-291.1. Selling "numbers" tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation.
Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes, in connection with a lawful lottery conducted in another state, or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this 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 any lottery, commonly known as the numbers or butter and egg lottery, or lotteries of similar character, to be drawn or paid within or without the State, such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall have in his possession any tickets, tokens, certificates or orders used in the operation of any such lottery shall be guilty under this section, and the possession of such tickets shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this 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).)
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.