§ 9-17-121 — Sales to minors; penalty; affirmative defense

Any person who knowingly sells a lottery ticket or share to a
person under eighteen (18) years of age or permits a person
under eighteen (18) years of age to play any lottery game shall
be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be fined not less than one
hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500.00) for the first offense and for each subsequent offense
not less than two hundred dollars ($200.00) nor more than one
thousand dollars ($1,000.00). It shall be an affirmative
defense to a charge of a violation under this section that the
retailer reasonably and in good faith relied upon representation
of proof of age in making the sale.