Except as otherwise provided in Section 97-33-51, if any person, in order to raise money for himself or another, shall publicly or privately put up or in any way offer any prize or thing to be raffled or played for, he shall, on conviction, be fined not more than Twenty Dollars ($20.00), or be imprisoned not more than one (1) month in the county jail.This section shall not apply to the operation of any game or lottery authorized by Chapter 115, Title 27.Codes, Hutchinson's 1848, ch. 64, art. 3(23); 1857, ch. 64, art. 141; 1871, § 2605; 1880, § 2851; 1892, § 1208; 1906, § 1286; Hemingway's 1917, § 1018; 1930, § 1047; 1942, § 2279; Laws, 1992, ch. 581, § 26, eff. 10/1/1992.Amended by Laws, 2018EX1, ch. 2, SB 2001,§ 67, eff. 9/1/2018.
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