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FEDERAL RESERVE ACT
SECTION 9A—Participation in Lotteries Prohibited
(a) A State member bank may not—
(1) deal in lottery tickets;
(2) deal in bets used as a means or substitute
for participation in a lottery;
(3) announce, advertise, or publicize the
existence of any lottery;
(4) announce, advertise, or publicize the
existence or identity of any participant or winner, as such, in a lottery.
(b) A State member bank may not permit—
(1) the use of any part of any of its banking
offices by any person for any purpose forbidden to the bank under subsection
(a), or
(2) direct access by the public from any of its
banking offices to any premises used by any person for any purpose forbidden to
the bank under subsection (a).
(c) As used in this section—
(1) The term “deal in” includes making, taking,
buying, selling, redeeming, or collecting.
(2) The term “lottery” includes any arrangement
whereby three or more persons (the “participants”) advance money or credit to
another in exchange for the possibility or expectation that one or more but not
all of the participants (the “winners”) will receive by reason of their
advances more than the amounts they have advanced, the identity of the winners
being determined by any means which includes—
(A) a random selection;
(B) a game, race, or contest; or
(C) any record or tabulation of the result of
one or more events in which any participant has no interest except for its
bearing upon the possibility that he may become a winner.
(3) The term “lottery ticket” includes any
right, privilege, or possibility (and any ticket, receipt, record, or other
evidence of any such right, privilege, or possibility) of becoming a winner in
a lottery.
(d) Nothing contained in this section prohibits
a State member bank from accepting deposits or cashing or otherwise handling
checks or other negotiable instruments, or performing other lawful banking services
for a State operating a lottery, or for an officer or employee of that State
who is charged with the administration of the lottery.
(e) The Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System shall issue such regulations as may be necessary to the strict
enforcement of this section and the prevention of evasions thereof.
[12 USC 339. As added by act of Dec. 15, 1967 (81 Stat. 609) effective April 1, 1968. Corresponding prohibitions are contained in section 5136B of the Revised Statutes, section 20 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, and section 410 of the National Housing Act with respect to national banks, nonmember insured banks, and institutions insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation, respectively.]
Federal Reserve Act