s. 377, Pen. C.
§ 6578. Every person who buys, or in any manner whatever accepts or receives for himself or another any ticket, chance, share or interest, or any paper, certificate or instrument purporting or represented or understood to be, or to represent any ticket, chance, share, or interest in or depending upon the event of any lottery, forfeits ten dollars, to be recovered by the county superintendent of public instruction, of the county in which the offense was committed, for the use of common schools in said county.
[Section 2221 makes "all-fines, forfeitures and pecuniary penalties" payable into the county general fund.]
s. 378, Pen. C.
§ 6579. Every person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or letters, or in any other way advertises or publishes any account of any lottery, stating when or where the same is to be or has been drawn, or what are the prizes or any of them therein, or the price of a ticket or of any share or interest or where it may be obtained, or in any way aiding or assisting the same, or adapted to induce persons to adventure therein, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Offering property dependent on lottery.s. 379, Pen. C.
§ 6580. Every person who offers for sale, distribution or disposition in any way, any real or personal property, or things in action, or any interest therein, to be determined by lot or chance, that shall be dependent upon the drawing of any lottery within or out of this territory, and every person who sells, furnishes or procures, or causes to be sold, furnished or procured in any manner whatsoever, any chance or share, or any interest whatever in any property offered for sale, distribution or disposition in violation of this section, or any ticket or other evidence of any chance, share or interest in such property, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Lottery offices.s. 380, Pen. C.
§ 6581. Every person who opens, sets up or keeps, by himself, or by any other person or persons, any office or other place for registering the numbers of any ticket in any lottery, or for making, receiving or registering any bets or wagers upon the drawing, determination or result of any lottery, is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.
Advertising lottery offices.s. 381, Pen. C.
§ 6582. Every person who, by writing or printing, by circulars or letters, or in any other way, advertises or publishes any account of the opening, setting up or keeping of any office or other place for either of the purposes prohibited by the last section, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
Insuring lottery tickets.s. 382, Pen. C.
§ 6583. Every person who insures or receives any consideration for insuring for or against the drawing of any ticket, share, or interest in any lottery, or for or against the drawing of any number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery; and every person who receives any valuable consideration upon any agreement to pay any sum, or to deliver any property or thing in action in the event that any ticket, share, or interest in any lottery, or any number, or ticket, or number of any ticket in any lottery shall prove fortunate or unfortunate, or shall be drawn or not drawn on any particular day, or in any particular order; and every person who promises, agrees, or offers to pay any sum of money or to deliver any property or thing in action, or to do, or forbear to do anything for the benefit of any other person, with or without consideration, upon any event whatever connected with any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
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