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18 U.S.C. § 1304 — Broadcasting lottery information

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 112 words · no verdicts yet

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A person commits an offense by broadcasting, or knowingly allowing a licensed radio or television station to broadcast, information or advertising about a lottery or similar chance-based prize scheme. The maximum punishment is a fine, up to one year in prison, or both, and each day is a separate offense.

Anyone who broadcasts through a radio or television station requiring a United States license, or who operates such a station and knowingly allows it to broadcast an advertisement or information about a lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme offering prizes depending wholly or partly on chance, or a list of prizes drawn or awarded through it, may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to one year, or both. Each day of broadcasting is a separate offense.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever broadcasts by means of any radio or television station for which a license is required by any law of the United States, or whoever, operating any such station, knowingly permits the broadcasting of, any advertisement of or information concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or 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, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Each day’s broadcasting shall constitute a separate offense.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 100–625, § 3(a)(4), Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3206; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 763
  • 1988Amended · Pub. L. 100-625 · 102 Stat. 3206
  • 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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