Albert Lea Amusement Corp. v. Hanson

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks a declaratory judgment construing M. S. A. 614.01, which provides:

*403“A lottery is a scheme for the distribution of property by chance among persons who have paid, or agreed to pay, a valuable consideration for the chance, whether it shall be called a lottery, raffle, gift enterprise, or by any other name, and is hereby declared unlawful and a public nuisance.

“Every person who shall contrive, propose, or draw a lottery, or shall assist in contriving, proposing, or drawing a lottery, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than…