{"data":{"id":"us-me/8-m.r.s.-389","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"8 M.R.S. §389","heading":"Forged lottery tickets","body":"1.  Forge, counterfeit or alter ticket.  A person may not forge or counterfeit a Maine State Lottery ticket, alter a Maine State Lottery ticket prepared by the Director of the State Lottery or cause such alteration or forgery.\n2.  Publish, pass or tender as true ticket.  A person may not intentionally or knowingly publish, pass or tender as true a forged, altered or counterfeited Maine State Lottery ticket.\n3.  Secure or manufacture.  A person may not, with intent to defraud, secure, manufacture or cause to be secured or manufactured a counterfeit Maine State Lottery ticket.\n4.  Possess counterfeit ticket or counterfeiting device.  A person may not, with intent to defraud, possess a counterfeit Maine State Lottery ticket or a counterfeiting device.\n5.  Penalty.  A person who violates this section commits a Class D crime.","path":["TITLE 8: AMUSEMENTS AND SPORTS","CHAPTER 14-A: LOTTERY"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/8/title8sec389.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:24Z","sha256":"9c27158ca4e748f1c6375c1a7fd220a3ea1c481cb0ae9fde3f6b0d6e2aef8598","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/8-m.r.s.-388","next":"us-me/8-m.r.s.-391"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}