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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9071

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Lottery: means any game of chance approved by the corporation and operated pursuant to this Chapter and shall not include sports wagering authorized pursuant to this Subtitle. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
  • Person: means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:9002
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.

A.  Any person, with intent to defraud, who falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished as provided in Subsection B.  

B.  Any person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor for not less than five years and not more than twenty years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of imposition of sentence.  

Acts 1990, No. 1045, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990.