§ 42-61-9. Sales to minors — Gifts.
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.
History of Section.P.L. 1974, ch. 20, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Title 42 - State Affairs and Government
Section 42-61-1. - Division of state lottery established.
Section 42-61-3. - Appointment of director of lotteries.
Section 42-61-4. - Powers and duties of director.
Section 42-61-5. - Sales agents.
Section 42-61-6. - Proceeds of sales — Segregated funds.
Section 42-61-6.1. - Repealed.
Section 42-61-6.2. - Insolvency of sales agent.
Section 42-61-7. - Assignment of prizes.
Section 42-61-8. - Sales above fixed price — Unlicensed sales — Gifts.
Section 42-61-9. - Sales to minors — Gifts.
Section 42-61-10. - Prizes to lottery employees.
Section 42-61-11. - Unclaimed prize money.
Section 42-61-12. - Deposit of receipts — Reports.
Section 42-61-13. - Applicability of other laws.
Section 42-61-14. - Payment of prizes to minors and persons under legal disabilities.
Section 42-61-15. - State lottery fund.
Section 42-61-16. - Penalties for forgery and counterfeiting.