An Act to amend title 18 of the United States Code to permit the transportation, mailing, and broadcasting of advertising, information, and materials concerning lotteries authorized by law and conducted by a State, and for other purposes.
PL 93-583 (S.544), enacted 01/02/1975

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PUBLIC LAW 93-583-JAN. 2, 1975 
[88 STAT. 
40 rods, thence west 20 rods to the west line of said lot 2, thence south 
40 rods to the place of beginning, containing 5 acres, more or less. 
SEC. 2. This conveyance is subject to existing rights-of-way for 
waterlines, electric transmission lines, roads, and railroads. 
Approved January 2, 1975. 
Public Law 93-583 
January 2, 1975 
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To amend title 18 of the United States Code to permit the transportation, mail-
ing, and broadcasting of advertising, information, and materials concerning 
lotteries authorized by law and conducted by a State, and for other purposes. 
State lotteries. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That chapter 61 of 
18 use 1301. 
title 18 of the United States Code (relating to lotteries) is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
18 use 1307. 
"§1307. state-conducted lotteries 
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"(^) "^^^ provlsious of scctious 1301, 1302, 1303, and 1304 shall not 
apply to an advertisement, list of prizes, or information concerning a 
lottery conducted by a State acting under the authority of State law— 
"(1) contained in a newspaper published in that State, or 
"(2) broadcast by a radio or television station licensed to a 
location in that State or an adjacent State which conducts such 
a lottery. 
"(b) The provisions of sections 1301,1302, and 1303 shall not apply 
to the transportation or mailing to addresses within a State of tickets 
and other material concerning a lottery conducted by that State acting 
under authority of State law. 
"State." 
a^^^ PQJ. ^YiQ purposes of this section ^State' means a State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Kico, or any territory or possession of the United States. 
"Lottery." 
^^(d) For the purposes of this section 'lottery' means the pooling 
of proceeds derived from the sale of tickets or chances and allotting 
those proceeds or parts thereof by chance to one or more chance 
takers or ticket purchasers. 'Lottery' does not include the placing or 
accepting of bets or wagers on sporting events or contests." 
SEC. 2. The sectional analysis for chapter 61 is amended by adding 
the following item: 
"1307. State-conduoted lotteries.". 
SEC. 3. Section 1953(b) of title 18 of the United States Code is 
amended by changing the period to a comma and adding: "or (4) 
equipment, tickets, or materials used or designed for use within a 
State in a lottery conducted by that State acting under authority of 
State law." 
SEC. 4. Section 3005 of title 39 of the United States Code is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following subsection: 
"(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the mailing of (1) a 
newspaper of general circulation published in a State containing 
advertisements, lists of prizes, or information concerning a lottery 
conducted by that State acting under authority of State law, or (2) 
tickets or otner materials concerning such a lottery within that State 
to addresses within that State. For the purposes of this subsection, 
"State." 
'State' means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and any territory or possession of 
the United States.". 
Approved January 2, 1975.