La. Rev. Stat. § 4:725
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Pull-tabs
Official statutory text
A. No organization, distributor, or manufacturer, or any representative thereof, either with knowledge or in circumstances whereunder he reasonably should have known, shall possess, display, put out for play, sell, or otherwise furnish to any person any deal of pull-tabs:
(1) In which the winning pull-tabs have not been completely and randomly distributed and mixed among all other pull-tabs in the deal;
(2) In which the location or approximate location of any of the winning pull-tabs can be determined in advance of opening the pull-tabs in any manner or by any device, including but not limited to any pattern in the manufacture, assembly, or packaging of pull-tabs by the manufacturer, by any markings on the pull-tabs or container, or by the use of a light; or
(3) Which does not conform in any respect to these requirements as to manufacturer, assembly, or packaging.
B. Effective January 1, 1986, 1 a distributor shall not purchase or be furnished any deal of pull-tabs from a manufacturer of pull-tabs unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The manufacturer's label or trademark has been registered with the office of charitable gaming.
(2) Each individual pull-tab manufactured has conspicuously set forth on it the name of the manufacturer or a label or trademark which identifies its manufacturer.
(3) The pull-tab is of a type approved by the office of charitable gaming for use in Louisiana.
Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.
1 As appears in enrolled bill.
(1) In which the winning pull-tabs have not been completely and randomly distributed and mixed among all other pull-tabs in the deal;
(2) In which the location or approximate location of any of the winning pull-tabs can be determined in advance of opening the pull-tabs in any manner or by any device, including but not limited to any pattern in the manufacture, assembly, or packaging of pull-tabs by the manufacturer, by any markings on the pull-tabs or container, or by the use of a light; or
(3) Which does not conform in any respect to these requirements as to manufacturer, assembly, or packaging.
B. Effective January 1, 1986, 1 a distributor shall not purchase or be furnished any deal of pull-tabs from a manufacturer of pull-tabs unless all of the following conditions are met:
(1) The manufacturer's label or trademark has been registered with the office of charitable gaming.
(2) Each individual pull-tab manufactured has conspicuously set forth on it the name of the manufacturer or a label or trademark which identifies its manufacturer.
(3) The pull-tab is of a type approved by the office of charitable gaming for use in Louisiana.
Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.
1 As appears in enrolled bill.
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