Section 97-33-45 - Lotteries; steamboats; applicability of section to games or lotteries authorized by Mississippi lottery law

If the owner or owners of any steamboat shall suffer or permit the sale of a lottery ticket of any kind on his or their boat, or by his or their employees, no matter where the lottery is located, he or they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, on conviction, be punished as prescribed in Section 97-33-43.This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.Codes, 1892, § 1206; 1906, § 1284; Hemingway's 1917, § 1016; 1930, § 1045; 1942, § 2277.Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 65, eff. 9/1/2018.