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

O.C.G.A. § 16-12-27 (2019)

Advertisement or solicitation for participation in lotteries

✓ 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) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other entity to sell, distribute, televise, broadcast, or disseminate any advertisement, television or radio commercial, or any book, magazine, periodical, newspaper, or other written or printed matter containing an advertisement or solicitation for participation in any lottery declared to be unlawful by the laws of this state unless such advertisement, commercial, or solicitation contains or includes the words “void in Georgia” printed or spoken so as to be clearly legible or audible to persons viewing or hearing such advertisement, commercial, or solicitation.

(b) Any person, partnership, firm, corporation, or other entity violating subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

History

Ga. L. 1889, p. 187, § 1; Penal Code 1895, § 410; Penal Code 1910, § 401; Code 1933, § 26-6504; Code 1933, § 262705.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 1072, § 1.

Annotations

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

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Continued advertisement and solicitation for participation in a sweepstakes where a player can determine if the player has the “winning

number” by calling a “dial-it” number constitutes solicitation for participation in lotteries in violation of O.C.G.A. § 16-12-27. 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 84-83.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Punchboard as a lottery, 163 A.L.R. 1279.

Validity of pyramid distribution plan, 54 A.L.R.3d 217.

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