GEORGIA LOTTERY SCRATCH OFF CODES TRIAL

Actions for purpose of influencing winning or prize. § 50-27-27(b), because the indictment informed the defendant that the defendant was accused of attempting to influence the winning of Georgia Lottery prizes by tampering with lottery materials, and the defendant was apprised of what the defendant had to be prepared to defend against at trial, the defendant was not harmed by the erroneous reference to 'falsely uttering' a lottery ticket, which was proscribed under § 50-27-27(a).

GEORGIA LOTTERY SCRATCH OFF CODES TRIAL

Trial court did not err in convicting the defendant of attempting to influence the winning of a prize by tampering with lottery equipment in violation of the Georgia Lottery for Education Act, O.C.G.A. Defendant's presentation of the tickets, not the receipt of a lottery prize, was the completed criminal act. § 50-27-27(b) of the Georgia Lottery for Education Act, which forbade influencing the winning of a prize through the use of fraud and deception. JUDICIAL DECISIONSĭefendant's knowing presentation of two stolen winning lottery tickets for redemption was a violation of O.C.G.A. For article, 'State Government: Lottery for Education,' see 30 Ga. Any person who influences or attempts to influence the winning of a prize through the use of coercion, fraud, deception, or tampering with lottery equipment or materials shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or by imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a state lottery ticket shall be punished by a fine not to exceed $50,000.00 or imprisonment for not longer than five years or both.

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