42-7A-32. Sale of ticket to person under eighteen prohibited--Violation--Gift of ticket to person under eighteen permitted--Prize paid to parent or guardian.

No lottery ticket may be sold to any person under the age of eighteen years. Any lottery retailer, employee of a lottery retailer, or any other person who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket to any person who is under the age of eighteen years is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor on the first offense and a Class 6 felony on the second or subsequent offense. A lottery ticket may be given as a gift to a person under the age of eighteen years. Any prize won by a person under the age of eighteen years from a ticket given as a gift shall be paid to such person's parent or legal guardian.

Source: SL 1987, ch 313, § 36.