{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-61-9","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-61-9","heading":"Sales to minors — Gifts.","body":"No ticket or share shall be sold to any person under the age of eighteen (18) years, but this shall not be deemed to prohibit the purchase of a ticket or share for the purpose of making a gift by a person eighteen (18) years of age or older to a person less than that age. Any licensee who knowingly sells or offers to sell a lottery ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen (18) shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a misdemeanor.","path":["Title 42 State Affairs and Government","Chapter 61 State Lottery"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE42/42-61/42-61-9.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:59:55Z","sha256":"8b1380f805894b927d8d8acf9ec2800942a374167e0d07bc24b610808e3778ed","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-61-8","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-42-61-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}