O.C.G.A.
O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 16-12-26 (2019)

Advertising commercial gambling

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) A person who knowingly prints, publishes, or advertises any lottery or other scheme for commercial gambling or who knowingly prints or publishes any lottery ticket, policy ticket, or other similar device designed to serve as evidence of participation in a lottery commits the offense of advertising commercial gambling.

(b) A person who commits the offense of advertising commercial gambling shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of a high and aggravated nature.

History

Code 1933, § 26-2705, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1; Ga. L. 1970, p. 236, § 8.

Annotations

Cross references. Constitutional guarantee of free speech and press, U.S. Const., amend. 1, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. V.

Law reviews. For note discussing organized crime in Georgia with respect to the application of state gambling laws, and suggesting proposals for combatting organized crime, see 7 Ga. St. B.J. 124 (1970).

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Continued sweepstakes

advertisement of a where a player can

determine if the player has the “winning number” by calling a “dial-it” number

constitutes advertising commercial gambling in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-12-26. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 84-83. RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Paraphernalia or appliances used for recording gambling transactions or receiving or furnishing gambling information as gaming “devices” within criminal statute or ordinance, 1 A.L.R.3d 726.

Promotion schemes of retail stores as criminal offense under antigambling law, 29 A.L.R.3d 888. Construction and application of state or municipal enactments relating to policy or numbers games, 70 A.L.R.3d 879.