Montana Code 23-7-302. Sales restrictions
23-7-302. Sales restrictions. (1) The price of each lottery game ticket, chance, wager, or bet must be clearly stated on the ticket, chance, wager, or bet. The price of a lottery game chance vended by a machine or electronic device must be clearly stated on the machine or device.
Terms Used In Montana Code 23-7-302
- bet: means the staking or risking by a person of something of value upon an agreement or understanding that the person or another person will receive something of value in the event of a certain outcome. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Director: means the director appointed by the governor under 23-7-210 to administer and manage the state lottery. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- Lottery game: means any procedure, including any online or other procedure using a machine or electronic device, by which one or more prizes are distributed among persons who have paid for a chance to win a prize and includes but is not limited to weekly (or other, longer time period) winner games, instant winner games, daily numbers games, sports pool games, and sports wagering. See Montana Code 23-7-103
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- State lottery: means the Montana state lottery and sports wagering agency created and operated pursuant to this chapter. See Montana Code 23-7-103
(2)Tickets, chances, wagers, or bets may not be sold to or purchased by persons under 18 years of age.
(3)Tickets, chances, wagers, or bets may not be purchased on credit. Tickets, chances, wagers, or bets may be purchased only with cash, check, or debit card and may not be purchased on credit. The use of a debit card is limited to the daily withdrawal amount of the issuing debit card lending institution.
(4)Tickets, chances, wagers, or bets may not be sold to or purchased by commissioners, the director, the director’s staff, gaming suppliers doing business with the state lottery, suppliers’ officers and employees, employees of any firm auditing or investigating the state lottery, governmental employees auditing or investigating the state lottery, or members of their households.
(5)The names of elected officials may not appear on any ticket, chance, wager, or bet.