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title: O.C.G.A. § 50-27-27. Penalty for falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting ticket; penalty for attempting to influence winning of prize.
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# O.C.G.A. § 50-27-27. Penalty for falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting ticket; penalty for attempting to influence winning of prize.

(a) Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.

(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 a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or by imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.

## History

Code 1981, § 50-27-27, enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3173, § 2.

## Law Reviews

For article, ‘‘State Government: Lottery for Education,’’ see 30 Ga. St. U. L. Rev. 257 (2013).