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N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-291 (2026)

Selling lottery tickets and acting as agent for lotteries

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Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this Article, if any person shall sell, barter or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or order for any number of shares in any lottery, or shall in anywise be concerned in such lottery, by acting as agent in the State for or on behalf of any such lottery, to be drawn or paid either out of or within the State, such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1834, c. 19, s. 2; R.C., c. 34, s. 70; Code, s. 1048; Rev., s. 3727; C.S., s. 4429; 1979, c. 893, s. 5; 1983, c. 896, s. 1; 1993, c. 539, s. 201; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2005-344, s. 3(c).)

 

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1944–2022 · leading case: State v. Carlton, 753 S.E.2d 203 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014).
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State v. Carlton, 753 S.E.2d 203 (N.C. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 20× “He proceeded to issue Defendant a North Carolina Uniform Citation purporting to charge Defendant with violating N.C. Gen. Stat. § 14-291 . 1 The citation simply stated that “[a] person.”
State v. . Robinson, 30 S.E.2d 320 (N.C. 1944). · cites it 2× “It is contended on the part of the State that the pleas of guilty entered by the defendants were to the offense delineated in G. S., 14-291 (1), which, in part, reads: “If any person shall sell, barter or cause to be sold or bartered, any ticket, token, certificate or order for…”
State v. Heglar, 225 N.C. 220 (1945). · cites it 2× “The evidence shown in the record on this appeal, taken in the light most favorable to the State, as is the rule in considering motions for judgment as of nonsuit in criminal prosecutions, G. S., 15-113, raises no more than a suspicion as to the guilt of the defendants in respect…”
State v. Bryant, No. 19-175 (N.C. Ct. App. Oct. 1, 2019). · cites it 2× ““Instead of requiring the State to establish that Defendant was acting as a representative in the State for an illegal lottery,” that amendment would have “merely require[d] proof that Defendant knowingly possessed lottery tickets in order to make out a prima facie violation of…”
State v. Reavis, 882 S.E.2d 590 (N.C. Ct. App. 2022). “§ 15A-924(a)(5)] may be raised at any stage in the proceedings and we review the challenge de novo.”). In so doing, we are cognizant of the fact that, “[w]hen the [criminal] pleading [at issue] is a .”
Keene Convenient Mart, Inc. v. SSS Band Backers, 427 S.E.2d 322 (N.C. Ct. App. 1993). “” G.S. 14-291 provides that Except in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this Article [37], if any person shall sell, barter or otherwise dispose of any lottery ticket or order for any number of shares in any lottery, or shall in anywise be concerned in…”
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