18 U.S.C. § 1302 — Mailing lottery tickets or related matter
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 224 words · no verdicts yet
A person who knowingly uses the mail for listed lottery-related materials or payments commits an offense. The person may be fined or imprisoned for up to two years, and a later offense carries up to five years in prison.
Whoever knowingly puts in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail, any of the following commits the offense described here: a letter, package, postcard, or circular about a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar prize scheme based partly or wholly on chance; a lottery ticket or part of one, or a paper, certificate, or instrument claiming to be or represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in such a scheme; a check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order used to buy such a ticket, share, or chance; a newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or other publication advertising such a scheme or listing prizes drawn or awarded through it, whether the list is partial or complete; or any item described in section 1953 of this title. The person may be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. For a later offense, the person must be imprisoned for not more than five years.
Whoever knowingly deposits in the mail, or sends or delivers by mail:
Any letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance;
Any lottery ticket or part thereof, or paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance;
Any check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order, for the purchase of any ticket or part thereof, or of any share or chance in any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme;
Any newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or containing any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes;
Any article described in section 1953 of this title—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and for any subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than five years.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 762; Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655, § 29, 65 Stat. 721; Pub. L. 87–218, § 2, Sept. 13, 1961, 75 Stat. 492; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 762
- 1951Amended · Act of Oct. 31, 1951, ch. 655 · 65 Stat. 721
- 1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-218 · 75 Stat. 492
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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