Connecticut § 12-570 - Forgery, counterfeiting or altering of tickets: Class A misdemeanor.
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§ 12-570. Forgery, counterfeiting or altering of tickets: Class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 12-570. Forgery, counterfeiting or altering of tickets: Class A misdemeanor. Any person who forges or counterfeits any ticket made for the purposes of any lottery or pari-mutuel system permitted under this chapter, or who alters any number of such a ticket, or who offers for sale or sells any such forged, counterfeited or altered ticket, knowing it to be such, or who presents any such forged, counterfeited or altered ticket to any person engaged in carrying out this chapter, with intent to defraud the state or any person participating in any such lottery or wagering under any such pari-mutuel system, shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
(1971, P.A. 865, S. 14; P.A. 73-236, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 73-236 included reference to pari-mutuel systems and replaced “conducted” with “permitted” and “adventurer” with “person participating in any such lottery or wagering under any such pari-mutuel system”.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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