California Penal Code CHAPTER 9 - Lotteries

• Section 319.
  A lottery is any scheme for the disposal or distribution of property by chance, among persons who have paid or promised to pay any valuable...
• Section 319.3.
  (a) In addition to Section 319, a lottery also shall include a grab bag game which is a scheme whereby, for the disposal or distribution of...
• Section 319.5.
  Neither this chapter nor Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to the possession or operation of a reverse vending machine. As used in this...
• Section 320.
  Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.(Enacted 1872.)
• Section 320.5.
  (a) Nothing in this chapter applies to any raffle conducted by an eligible organization as defined in subdivision (c) for the purpose of directly supporting beneficial...
• Section 320.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 320.5, this section shall apply to an eligible organization, as defined in subdivision (c).(b) A raffle conducted by an eligible organization, as defined in...
• Section 321.
  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,...
• Section 322.
  Every person who aids or assists, either by printing, writing, advertising, publishing, or otherwise in setting up, managing, or drawing any lottery, or in selling...
• Section 323.
  Every person who opens, sets up, or keeps, by himself or by any other person, any office or other place for the sale of, or...
• Section 324.
  Every person who insures or receives any consideration for insuring for or against the drawing of any ticket in any lottery whatever, whether drawn or...
• Section 325.
  All moneys and property offered for sale or distribution in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter are forfeited to the state, and...
• Section 326.
  Every person who lets, or permits to be used, any building or vessel, or any portion thereof, knowing that it is to be used for...
• Section 326.4.
  (a) Consistent with the Legislature’s finding that card-minding devices, as described in subdivision (p) of Section 326.5, are the only permissible electronic devices to be used...
• Section 326.45.
  Up to five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), as determined by order of the Director of Finance, is hereby appropriated from the California Bingo Fund to...
• Section 326.5.
  (a) Neither the prohibition on gambling in this chapter nor in Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 330) applies to any bingo game that is conducted in...
• Section 327.
  Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or operates any endless chain is guilty of a public offense, and is punishable by imprisonment in...
• Section 328.
  Nothing in this chapter shall make unlawful the printing or other production of any advertisements for, or any ticket, chance, or share in a lottery...
• Section 329.
  Upon a trial for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, it is not necessary to prove the existence of any lottery...

Last modified: October 22, 2018