Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 271, § 6A (2026)

Plans under which purchasers agree to obtain more purchasers; injunction; receivers

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Section 6A. Whoever sets up or promotes a plan by which goods or anything of value is sold to a person for a consideration and upon the further consideration that the purchaser agrees to secure one or more persons to participate in the plan by respectively making a similar purchase or purchases and in turn agreeing to secure one or more persons likewise to join in the said plan, each purchaser being given the right to secure money, credits, goods or something of value, depending upon the number of persons joining in the plan, shall be held to have set up and promoted a lottery and shall be punished as provided in section seven. The supreme judicial court shall have jurisdiction in equity upon a petition filed by the attorney general to enjoin the further prosecution of any such plan and to appoint receivers to secure and distribute the assets received thereunder.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases, 1966–2011 · leading case: United States v. Gold Unlimited, Inc., 177 F.3d 472 (6th Cir. 1999).

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United States v. Gold Unlimited, Inc., 177 F.3d 472 (6th Cir. 1999). “830(4) (Michie 1987); Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 271, § 6A (West 1998); Me.”

STE Fin. Corp. v. Popkin, 1991 Mass. App. Div. 204 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1991). · cites it 5× “Whether the trial court erred in determining that the plaintiffs referral selling scheme did not violate G.Lc. 271, §6A The reported evidence relevant to these two issues indicates that on March 26, 1987, defendants Gerald H.”

First Fin. Corp. v. John R., 36 Mass. App. Dec. 26 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1966). “The Oklahoma Statute is similar to our G.L. c. 271, §6A, and the court said in the Krehbiel case, “A selling plan whereby a seller grants to the purchaser the privilege of securing one or more persons to make a similar purchase for each of which additional sales the original…”

First Fin. Corp. of Mattapan v. Poravas, 35 Mass. App. Dec. 170 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1966). “” The defendants’ contention that the collateral agreement was illegal rests for support on G.L. c. 271, § 6A which provides that: “Whoever sets up or promotes a plan by which goods or anything of value is sold to a person for a consideration and upon the further consideration…”

Commonwealth v. Stewart-Johnson, 941 N.E.2d 656 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “” G. L. c. 271, § 6A. That section provides that anyone who *598 engages in such a practice “shall be held to have set up and promoted a lottery and shall be punished as provided in [G.”

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