{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-55-501","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-55-501","heading":"Lottery fraud","body":"(a) As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Lottery\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and (2) \"Ticket or share\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq. (b) A person commits the offense of lottery fraud if he or she: (1) Falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a ticket or share in a lottery with a purpose to defraud the Office of the Arkansas Lottery; or (2) Purposely influences the winning of a lottery prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials. (c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony. (d) In addition to the fine for a conviction under § 5-4-201 , a person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to an additional fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000). Amended by Act 2015, No. 218,§ 2, eff. 2/26/2015. Acts 2011, No. 207, § 1.\n\n(a) As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Lottery\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and (2) \"Ticket or share\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.\n\n(1) \"Lottery\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.; and\n\n(2) \"Ticket or share\" means the same as defined in § 23-115-103 of the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery Act, § 23-115-101 et seq.\n\n(b) A person commits the offense of lottery fraud if he or she: (1) Falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a ticket or share in a lottery with a purpose to defraud the Office of the Arkansas Lottery; or (2) Purposely influences the winning of a lottery prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials.\n\n(1) Falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a ticket or share in a lottery with a purpose to defraud the Office of the Arkansas Lottery; or\n\n(2) Purposely influences the winning of a lottery prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials.\n\n(c) A violation of this section is a Class D felony.\n\n(d) In addition to the fine for a conviction under § 5-4-201 , a person convicted of a violation of this section is subject to an additional fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000).","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 55","Subchapter 5"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"55fe5e0bf0bc6df445d074d42805a557f6fec4a06dee336002da4c17c8a27bf5","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-55-401","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-55-601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}