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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) Any person who violates s. 565.02(2m), 565.05, 565.10(3m), 565.17, 565.25(3m) or 565.32(1), (2)(b) or (3) or any rule promulgated under s. 565.02(2m), 565.05, 565.10(3m), 565.17, 565.25(3m) or 565.32(1), (2)(b) or (3) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
(2) Any person who alters , forges, counterfeits, or illegally obtains a lottery ticket or share or intentionally utters or transfers an altered , forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2m) Any person who claims a lottery prize from a winning lottery ticket or share and then transfers the same winning lottery ticket or share to another person is guilty of a Class I felony.
(3) Any person who possesses an altered , forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share, or a winning lottery ticket or share for which the prize has been previously claimed, with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
(4) Any person who transfers a lottery ticket or share to another person, presents a transferred lottery ticket or share for payment of a lottery prize, or claims a lottery prize from a transferred ticket or share with intent to avoid withholding under s. 565.30(4), (5), (5m), or (5r) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wisconsin Statutes Gaming (Ch. 561 to 599) § 565.50. Penalties - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wi/gaming-ch-561-to-599/wi-st-565-50/
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