CHAPTER 8.  LOTTERY CRIMES, PENALTIES, AND

PROHIBITED ACTS

§9070.  Sale to minors

A.(1)  No lottery retailer and no agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant of any such person shall sell a lottery ticket to any person under the age of twenty-one years, unless the person submits any one of the following forms of identification which establish the age of the person as twenty-one years or older:

(a)  A valid, current, Louisiana driver's license which contains a photograph of the person presenting the driver's license.

(b)  A valid, current, driver's license of another state which contains a photograph of the person and birth date of the person submitting the driver's license.

(c)  A valid, current, special identification card issued by the state of Louisiana pursuant to R.S. 40:1321 containing a photograph of the person submitting the identification card.

(d)  A valid, current, passport or visa issued by the federal government or another country or nation that contains a permanently attached photograph of the person and the date of birth of the person submitting the passport or visa.

(e)  A valid, current, military or federal identification card issued by the federal government containing a photograph of the person and date of birth of the person submitting the identification card.

(2)  Each form of identification listed in Paragraph (1) must on its face establish the age of the person as twenty-one years of age or older, and there must be no reason to doubt the authenticity or correctness of the identification.  No form of identification mentioned in Paragraph (1) shall be accepted as proof of age if it is expired, defaced, mutilated, or altered.  If the driver's license, state identification card, or lawful identification submitted is a duplicate, the person shall submit additional identification which contains the name, date of birth, and photograph of the person.

(3)  An educational institution identification card, check-cashing identification card, or employee identification card shall not be considered as lawful identification for the purposes of this Subsection.

B.  Any person who knowingly sells a lottery ticket to a person under twenty-one years of age shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for the first offense and, for each subsequent offense, not less than two hundred dollars or more than one thousand dollars.

C.(1)  It is unlawful for any person under twenty-one years of age to purchase a lottery ticket.

(2)  Whoever violates the provisions of this Subsection shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

(3)  Any person apprehended while violating the provisions of this Subsection shall be issued a citation by the apprehending law enforcement officer, which shall be paid in the same manner as provided for the offenders of local traffic violations.

Acts 1990, No. 1045, §1, eff. Nov. 7, 1990; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 146, §2; Acts 1999, No. 523, §1.