Ark. Code § 5-55-501

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 5-55-501 - Lottery fraud
(a) As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Lottery" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and
(2) "Ticket or share" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.
(b) A person commits the offense of lottery fraud if he or she:
(1) Falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a ticket or share in a lottery with a purpose to defraud the Office of the Arkansas Lottery; or
(2) Purposely influences the winning of a lottery prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials.
(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.
(d) In addition to the fine for a conviction under § 5-4-201, a person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to an additional fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).

Ark. Code § 5-55-501

Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 2, eff. 2/26/2015.
Acts 2011, No. 207, § 1.