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Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Part I · Chapter 61 — Lotteries

§ 1304. Broadcasting lottery information

Statutory text

Whoever broadcasts by means of any radio or television station for which a license is required by any law of the United States, or whoever, operating any such station, knowingly permits the broadcasting of, any advertisement of or information concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or similar scheme, offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Each day’s broadcasting shall constitute a separate offense.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 80–645 · 62 Stat. 683

    Enacted · 18 U.S.C. § 1304

    June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763

  2. Charity Gaines Advertising Clarification Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–625 § 3(a)(4) · 102 Stat. 3205

    Inserted · 18 U.S.C. § 1304

    Pub. L. 100–625 inserted “or television” after “radio” in first sentence

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–625 inserted “or television” after “radio” in first sentence.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (4) The first sentence of section 1304 is amended by inserting after “radio” the following: “or television”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 100–625, § 5, Nov. 7, 1988, 102 Stat. 3206, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and section 1307 of this title and section 3005 of Title 39, Postal Service] shall take effect 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [Nov. 7, 1988].”

  3. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994

    Pub. L. 103–322 title XXXIII § 330016(1)(H) · 108 Stat. 1796

    Substituted · 18 U.S.C. § 1304

    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (H) in sections 81, 210, 211, 215, 217, 242, 245, 291, 292, 439, 442, 480, 483, 484, 490, 491, 494, 495, 503, 507, 510, 594, 595, 596, 597, 598, 599, 604, 605, 641, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 650, 651, 652, 653, 654, 655, 656, 657, 658, 659, 661, 662, 665, 712, 751, 752, 756, 795, 796, 797, 836, 844, 871, 875, 876, 877, 879, 911, 912, 913, 924, 957, 959, 961, 1003, 1012, 1021, 1025, 1026, 1071, 1112, 1163, 1262, 1263, 1264, 1301, 1302, 1304, 1306, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1361, 1363, 1384, 1504, 1508, 1509, 1657, 1705, 1706, 1707, 1711, 1715, 1716, 1733, 1738, 1761, 1762, 2276, 2277, 2278, 2382, and 2389 by striking “not more than $1,000” each place it appears and inserting “under this title”;

2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Notes

Historical and Revision Notes

Based on section 316 of title 47, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Telegraphs, Telephones, and Radiotelegraphs (June 19, 1934, ch. 652, § 316, 48 Stat. 1088).

Words “upon conviction thereof” were deleted as surplusage since punishment can be imposed only after a conviction.

Minor changes were made in phraseology.

Amendments1988–1994 · 2 rounds

1994

Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $1,000”.

1988

Pub. L. 100–625 inserted “or television” after “radio” in first sentence.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Pub. L. 100–625, § 5, , 102 Stat. 3206, provided that: “The amendments made by this Act [amending this section and section 1307 of this title and section 3005 of Title 39, Postal Service] shall take effect 18 months after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1948–1994 · 3 acts
  1. 1948June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763
  2. 1988Pub. L. 100–625, § 3(a)(4), , 102 Stat. 3206
  3. 1994Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147.
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(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 100–625, § 3(a)(4), , 102 Stat. 3206; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), , 108 Stat. 2147.)

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