§9073.  Skimming of lottery proceeds

A.  Skimming of lottery proceeds is the intentional excluding, or the taking of any action in an attempt to exclude, any thing or its value from the deposit, counting, collection, or computation of gross revenues or net proceeds from lottery activities.  

B.  Whoever commits the crime of skimming of lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed or to be skimmed is less than one thousand dollars may be imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not more than five years, or may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, or both.  

C.  Whoever commits the crime of skimming of lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed, or to be skimmed, is one thousand dollars or more but less than ten thousand dollars, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than three years nor more than ten years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, and may be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.  

D.  Whoever commits the crime of skimming lottery proceeds when the amount skimmed, or to be skimmed, is ten thousand dollars or more shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years and not more than twenty-five years without benefit of probation, parole, or suspension of sentence, and may be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars.  

E.  The provisions of Code of Criminal Procedure Article 893 do not apply to persons convicted of violating the provisions of this Section.  

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