2010 Mississippi Code
TITLE 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 33 - Gambling and Lotteries.
97-33-35 - Lotteries; advertising prohibited; publication or circulation of newspapers.
§ 97-33-35. Lotteries; advertising prohibited; publication or circulation of newspapers.
If any newspaper published or circulated in this state shall contain an advertisement of any lottery whatever, or any matter intended to advertise a lottery, no matter where located, the editor or editors, publisher or publishers, and the owner or owners thereof permitting the same, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars, and be imprisoned in the county jail not less than ten days nor more than three months, for each offense. The issuance of each separate daily or weekly edition of the newspaper that shall contain such an advertisement shall be considered a separate offense.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1203; 1906, § 1281; Hemingway's 1917, § 1013; 1930, § 1042; 1942, § 2274.
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