{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-26","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 50-27-26","heading":"Sales to minors; penalty; affirmative defense.","body":"Any person who knowingly sells a lottery ticket or share to a person under 18 years of age or permits a person under 18 years of age to play any lottery games shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for the first offense and for each subsequent offense not less than $200.00 nor more than $1,000.00. It shall be an affirmative defense to a charge of a violation under this Code section that the retailer reasonably and in good faith relied upon representation of proof of age in making the sale.","path":["TITLE 50 State Government","CHAPTER 27 Lottery for Education","Article 1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.50.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:58Z","sha256":"7fa77a3765e95d78551679bf5c0394c7c7fdfa2e74b37071bd33820fc9fdfa34","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-25","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-50-27-27"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}