{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-150-260","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 59-150-260","heading":"Falsely making, altering, forging, uttering, passing, or counterfeiting of lottery ticket; influencing the winning of a lottery prize through coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering; ineligible for prize or employment.","body":"(A) A person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery game ticket is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.\n(B) A person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.\n(C) A person who is convicted of a violation of subsection (A) or (B) must not be the recipient of an award of a lottery prize or a portion of a lottery prize, and is ineligible for employment by the commission.","path":["Title 59 - EDUCATION","CHAPTER 150 South Carolina Education Lottery Act"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t59c150.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T08:06:04Z","sha256":"433adad9e1bb483afca1026ea0c8406a95cb436ae5b4be6ebe43dba0489e6b65","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-150-250","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-59-150-270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}