2017 New Hampshire Revised Statutes
Title LXII - CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 647 - GAMBLING OFFENSES
Section 647:1 - Lotteries.

Universal Citation:
NH Rev Stat § 647:1 (2017)
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    647:1 Lotteries. – A person is guilty of a misdemeanor if he knowingly and unlawfully:
    I. Conducts a lottery or disposes or offers to dispose of property in any way whereby the payment for such property is, in whole or in part, induced by the hope of gain by luck or chance; or
    II. Sells, offers for sale, or possesses for the purpose of sale, any lottery ticket or other thing which is evidence that the purchaser will be entitled to a share or chance in a lottery or deposits for mailing any such ticket or thing, or notice of the drawing of a lottery; or
    III. Publishes or deposits for mailing information as to the location or identity of the person where or from whom a ticket or other thing described in paragraph II may be obtained.
    IV. "Unlawfully'' means not specifically authorized by law.

Source. 1971, 518:1, eff. Nov. 1, 1973.

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