Connecticut General Statutes

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-570a (2025)

Sale of an out-of-state lottery ticket: Class A misdemeanor

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(a) A person is guilty of sale of an out-of-state lottery ticket when he sells, delivers, advertises or offers for sale in this state, for a fee, any lottery ticket for any out-of-state lottery game.

(b) Sale of an out-of-state lottery ticket is a class A misdemeanor.

(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 134, 168.)

History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 the Revisors editorially changed the phrase “A person is guilty of sales of an out-of-state lottery ticket” to “A person is guilty of sale of an out-of-state lottery ticket” to correct a clerical error in the codification of June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3).

Cited. 32 CA 849.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1993–1993 · leading case: State v. Ellis, 632 A.2d 47 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993).
State v. Ellis, 632 A.2d 47 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 3× “91-3, § 134, of the 1991 Public Acts, June Special Session, now codified at General Statutes § 12-570a, which prohibits the sale of out-of-state lottery tickets.”
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