Earlier editions: 2026-09
Title 9 — PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND WELFARE
Alameda County Municipal Code Ch. 9.20 Lotteries
Alameda County Municipal Code · 2026-10 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · Alameda County
Cite as: Alameda County Municipal Code Chapter 9.20 · Text as of 2026-10-04
9.20.010 - Visiting place where lottery is held, etc.¶
It is unlawful for any person within the county to become an inmate of or visitor to any office, room or place where any lottery is or is about to be contrived, prepared, set up, proposed or drawn; or to visit any office, room, or place for the sale of, purchase of, or for registering the number of any ticket in any lottery.
(Prior gen. code § 4-1.0)
9.20.020 - Having lottery ticket in possession, etc.¶
It is unlawful for any person to have in his possession any lottery ticket, certificate, paper or instrument, purporting or representing or understood to be or to represent any ticket, chance, share, or interest in or depending upon the event of any lottery.
(Prior gen. code § 4-1.1)
9.20.030 - Violation—Penalty.¶
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than thirty (30) days, or by both.
(Prior gen. code § 4-1.2)
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