No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen years of age or older to a person less than that age. The license of any licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen shall be suspended or forfeited as prescribed by the rules adopted by the commission.
§ 313.280, RSMo
Effective 6/11/1985