Section 284:21-o Purchase of Tickets for a Fee Prohibited.

No person shall engage in the business of purchasing or offering to purchase a sweepstakes or lottery ticket or tickets for, in behalf of, or in the name of another for a fee or service charge which shall make the ultimate cost of such ticket or tickets to the registered owner thereof greater than the legal price of such ticket or tickets as established by the lottery commission under the authority of this subdivision. Whoever violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person, or guilty of a felony if any other person.

Source. 1965, 63:1. 1967, 304:4. 1973, 528:182, eff. at 11:59 P.M., Oct. 31, 1973. 2004, 97:7. eff. July 10, 2004.