{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"320","citation":"Pen. Code, § 320","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25. - 680.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1"},{"name":"TITLE 9. OF CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON INVOLVING SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC DECENCY AND GOOD MORALS [261. - 368.7.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9"},{"name":"CHAPTER 9. Lotteries [319. - 329.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-1/title-9/chapter-9"}],"history":"Enacted 1872.","effective":null,"html":"<p>Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.</p>","text":"Every person who contrives, prepares, sets up, proposes, or draws any lottery, is guilty of a misdemeanor.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/lotteries-320","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}