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Article 187Sale of Lotteries

第百八十七条(富くじ発売等)

A person who sells a lottery ticket is punished by imprisonment for 2 years or less or a fine of 1,500,000 yen or less.

富くじを発売した者は、二年以下の拘禁刑又は百五十万円以下の罰金に処する。

A person who acts as an intermediary in the sale of a lottery ticket is punished by imprisonment for 1 year or less or a fine of 1,000,000 yen or less.

富くじ発売の取次ぎをした者は、一年以下の拘禁刑又は百万円以下の罰金に処する。

Beyond what are provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, a person who delivers or receives a lottery ticket is punished by a fine of not more than 200,000 yen or a petty fine.

前二項に規定するもののほか、富くじを授受した者は、二十万円以下の罰金又は科料に処する。

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