Section 11-19-4. – Recovery of lottery ticket value by holder.
§ 11-19-4. Recovery of lottery ticket value by holder. The purchaser or receiver of any lottery ticket or certificate in the nature of a lottery ticket, or share in either, not authorized by the Rhode Island state police whether it shall have been paid for in money, or however received, even though by way of […]
Section 11-19-19. – Revocation of license of gambling place.
§ 11-19-19. Revocation of license of gambling place. If a person in violation of § 11-19-18 is a tavernkeeper, innholder, retailer, or keeper of any other house or place of public resort which is licensed, that license shall in addition be declared null and void by the court in which he or she shall be […]
Section 11-19-5. – Acts in aid of policy game.
§ 11-19-5. Acts in aid of policy game. Whoever not authorized by the Rhode Island state police keeps, sets up, promotes, or is concerned as owner, agent clerk, or in any other manner, in managing any policy-lottery or policy-shop, or writes, prints, sells, transfers, or delivers any ticket, certificate, slip, bill, token, or other device […]
Section 11-19-6. – Possession of policy devices as evidence of knowledge.
§ 11-19-6. Possession of policy devices as evidence of knowledge. The possession, by any person not authorized by the Rhode Island state police other than a public official in the course of his or her duty, of any bill, slip, certificate, token, or other device, or article of any kind such as is used in […]
Section 11-19-7. – Judicial notice of policy methods.
§ 11-19-7. Judicial notice of policy methods. Any court or magistrate having criminal jurisdiction may take judicial notice of the general methods and character of lotteries, policy-lotteries, of the game called policy, pools, or combination bets, and the buying and selling of pools and registering of bets, not authorized by the Rhode Island state police. […]
Section 11-19-8. – Policy devices as evidence of existence of game.
§ 11-19-8. Policy devices as evidence of existence of game. In the trial of a complaint or indictment to which it may be relevant any lottery, policy, or pool ticket, certificate, slip, or check, manifold, or other policy or pool book or sheet, or memorandum of any pool or sale of pools, or of a […]
Section 11-19-9. – Illegal trading stamps and coupons.
§ 11-19-9. Illegal trading stamps and coupons. All schemes and devices by which any person or corporation shall sell, give, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device to any purchaser of goods, wares, or merchandise, which will entitle the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount […]
Section 11-19-10. – Distribution of illegal stamps or coupons.
§ 11-19-10. Distribution of illegal stamps or coupons. No person or corporation shall sell, give, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon or other similar device, to any purchaser of goods, wares, or merchandise, which will entitle the holder of the stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, […]
Section 11-19-11. – Stamps and coupons as inducement to purchase goods.
§ 11-19-11. Stamps and coupons as inducement to purchase goods. No person or corporation shall, either directly or indirectly, give, sell, or distribute any stamp, trading-stamp, cash discount stamp, amusement stamp, check, coupon, or other similar device with the promise, expressed or implied, as an inducement to the purchase of some article of goods, wares, […]
Section 11-19-12. – Penalty for stamp and coupon violations.
§ 11-19-12. Penalty for stamp and coupon violations. Whoever shall violate any provision of §§ 11-19-9 — 11-19-11 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for each offense shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500), or by imprisonment for a term […]