97-33-41 - Lotteries; buying tickets in state prohibited.
§ 97-33-41. Lotteries; buying tickets in state prohibited.
If any person shall buy in this state any lottery ticket, whether the lottery be in or out of this state, or of or in any other state, territory, district, or country, he shall, on conviction, be fined not less than Five Dollars ($5.00) nor more than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), or be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding ten (10) days, or both.
Sources: Codes, 1892, § 1201; 1906, § 1279; Hemingway's 1917, § 1011; 1930, § 1040; 1942, § 2272; Laws, 1992, ch. 388, § 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 27, 1992).