Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-111
Section 3761-309 - Certain sales prohibited(a) Minors.--(1) No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under 18 years of age. For the purpose of making a gift, a person 18 years of age or older may purchase a ticket or share for the benefit of a person less than that age.(2) Any agent or employee of any agent who knowingly sells a lottery ticket or share to any person under 18 years of age shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $500.(b) Certain employees.--No ticket or share shall be sold to and no prize shall be awarded to any officer or employee of the division in the Department of Revenue or any spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons.1971, Aug. 26, P.L. 351, No. 91, § 10, imd. effective. Amended 1974, March 1, P.L. 86, No. 21, § 1, imd. effective; 1982, Dec. 15, P.L. 1288, No. 291, § 4, effective in 60 days. Renumbered as § 309 and amended 1996, Nov. 21, P.L. 741, No. 134, § 1, imd. effective.