{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-9-16","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 5:9-16","heading":"Persons prohibited from purchasing tickets or shares","body":"No ticket or share shall be purchased by, and no prize shall be paid to any  of the following persons:  any officer or employee of the division or to any  spouse, child, brother, sister or parent residing as a member of the same household in the principal place of abode of any of the foregoing persons.\nL.1970, c. 13, s. 16, eff. Feb. 16, 1970.","path":["TITLE 5 AMUSEMENTS, PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS AND MEETINGS"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"176f5ecdf9d02d6e9951a54a0fdfd720b488800bb5c0aa04c88291837482f1ee","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-9-15","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-5-9-17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}