Nevada § 462.180 - Operation of charitable lottery or charitable game prohibited under certain circumstances; statewide ticket sales; online ticket sales
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 462.180 — Operation of charitable lottery or charitable game prohibited under certain circumstances; statewide ticket sales; online ticket sales, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 462.180. Operation of charitable lottery or charitable game prohibited under certain circumstances; statewide ticket sales; online ticket sales
1. The Chair shall not register a qualified organization to operate a charitable lottery
or charitable game outside this State or through the use of a video lottery terminal
or any other mechanical, electromechanical or electronic device or machine that performs
all the functions of a lottery by itself or when networked with other similar devices
or machines. 2. Statewide ticket sales and online ticket sales are permitted upon approval by the
Chair, but all lottery ticket sales must be limited to persons who are physically
located within this State at the time of purchase. 3. A qualified professional sports organization may conduct approved online ticket
sales in conjunction with a charitable lottery offering a cash prize only: (a) On a day that the professional sports team franchise with which the qualified
professional sports organization is affiliated is playing a home game in this State;
and (b) If such online ticket sales are restricted to the use of mobile devices in the
arena or stadium of the professional sports team franchise or on any parcel of land
upon which the arena or stadium is situated. 4. As used in this section, “qualified professional sports organization” has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 462.140 .
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 462.180 ("Operation of charitable lottery or charitable game prohibited under certain circumstances; statewide ticket sales; online ticket sales") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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