Pen. Code, § 321 · Chapter 9. Lotteries
Pen. Code, § 321
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Every person who sells, gives, or in any manner whatever, furnishes or transfers to or for any other person any ticket, chance, share, or interest, or any paper, certificate, or instrument purporting or understood to be or to represent any ticket, chance, share, or interest in, or depending upon the event of any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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History
Enacted 1872.
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