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2013 Mississippi Code
Title 97 - CRIMES
Chapter 33 - GAMBLING AND LOTTERIES
IN GENERAL
§ 97-33-31 - Lotteries; penalty for putting on


MS Code § 97-33-31 (2013) What's This?

If any person, in order to raise money for himself or another, or for any purpose whatever, shall publicly or privately put up a lottery to be drawn or adventured for, he shall, on conviction, be imprisoned in the penitentiary not exceeding five years.

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