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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 10, § 29 (2026)

Prohibited sales; penalty

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Section 29. No person shall sell a ticket or share at a price greater than that fixed by the commission. No person other than a licensed lottery sales agent shall sell lottery tickets or shares, except that nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from giving lottery tickets or shares to another as a gift.

No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under age eighteen, provided that a person eighteen years of age or older may purchase a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift to a person under age eighteen.

Whoever violates any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred nor more than five hundred dollars.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1975–2024 · leading case: Baird v. Bellotti, 393 F. Supp. 847 (D. Mass. 1975).
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Baird v. Bellotti, 393 F. Supp. 847 (D. Mass. 1975). · cites it 2× “(5 Allen) 518 (1863); M.G.L. c. 10, § 29; c. 90, §§ 8, 8A, 8B, 10; c.”
Commonwealth v. Montalvo, 735 N.E.2d 391 (Mass. App. Ct. 2000). “269, § 16, selling an arrowhead to a person under age fifteen; G. L. c. 10, § 29, selling a lottery ticket to a person under age eighteen; G.”
Commonwealth v. Mattis, 224 N.E.3d 410 (Mass. 2024). · cites it 2× “234A, § 4; G. L. c. 10, § 29; G. L. c. 159A, § 9. However, one must be twenty-one years of age to purchase and sell alcoholic beverages, to purchase tobacco products, to obtain a license to carry a handgun, to be a police officer, and to gamble.”
Six Bros. v. Town of Brookline, 493 Mass. 616 (2024). “, G. L. c. 10, § 29 (minors cannot purchase lottery tickets); G.”
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