It’s illegal to run a lottery in Georgia
I guess that law isn’t enforced very well since Georgia has a state lottery.
16-12-27.
(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.
it should be against the law for any lottrey in the state of ga. it causes tooo many problems.
Re-read it. It does not say it’s illegal to run a lottery in Georgia. It says it’s illegal to sell, broadcast, disseminate, blah, blah, blah, any material advertising a lottery that’s not legal in Georgia unless the ad states that it’s void in Georgia.
Actually, this law is designed to protect the state lottery by banning anyone else from running any sweepstakes games, et al, in the state.
Lottery Protection is used to ensure that the state LOOTtery is the only entity assured of running games.