565.50 Penalties.
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565.50 Penalties.
(1)Any person who violates s. 565.02
(2m), 565.05 , 565.10
(3m), 565.17 , 565.25
(3m)or 565.32
(1),
(b)or
(3)or any rule promulgated under s. 565.02
(2m), 565.05 , 565.10
(3m), 565.17 , 565.25
(3m)or 565.32
(1),
(b)or
(3)shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
(2)Any person who alters, forges, counterfeits, or illegally obtains a lottery ticket or share or intentionally utters or transfers an altered, forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2m)Any person who claims a lottery prize from a winning lottery ticket or share and then transfers the same winning lottery ticket or share to another person is guilty of a Class I felony.
(3)Any person who possesses an altered, forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share, or a winning lottery ticket or share for which the prize has been previously claimed, with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
(4)Any person who transfers a lottery ticket or share to another person, presents a transferred lottery ticket or share for payment of a lottery prize, or claims a lottery prize from a transferred ticket or share with intent to avoid withholding under s. 565.30
(4),
(5),
(5m), or
(5r)shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.