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2022 Georgia Code
Title 50 - State Government
Chapter 27 - Lottery for Education
Article 1 - General Provisions
§ 50-27-27. Penalty for Falsely Making, Altering, Forging, Uttering, Passing, or Counterfeiting Ticket; Penalty for Attempting to Influence Winning of Prize
Universal Citation: GA Code § 50-27-27 (2022)
- Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.
- Any person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or by imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.
History. Code 1981, § 50-27-27 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3173, § 2.
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For article, “State Government: Lottery for Education,” see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 257 (2013).
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