(1) On a trial for violation of any of the lottery provisions of Title 76, Criminal Offenses, it is not necessary to prove:
- (a) the existence of any lottery in which any lottery tickets shall purport to have been issued;
- (b) the actual signing of any ticket or share, or pretended share of any pretended lottery; or
- (c) that any lottery ticket, share, or interest was signed or issued by the authority of any manager, or of any person assuming to have authority as manager.
- (2) In all cases, proof of the sale, furnishing, bartering, or procuring of any lottery ticket, share, or interest therein, or of any instrument purporting to be a ticket, or part or share of any ticket shall be evidence that the share or interest was signed and issued according to its purport.
Amended by Chapter 291, 2026 General Session