Wisconsin Code § 565.50

Penalties
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(1) Any person who violates s. 565.02
(2m), 565.05, 565.10 (3m), 565.17, 565.25 (3m) or 565.32 (1),
(2) (b) or (3) or any rule promulgated under s. 565.02 (2m) ,
565.05, 565.10 (3m), 565.17, 565.25 (3m) or 565.32 (1), (2) (b)
or (3) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not
more than 9 months or both.
(2) Any person who alters, forges, counterfeits, or illegally
obtains a lottery ticket or share or intentionally utters or transfers
an altered, forged, counterfeit, or illegally obtained lottery ticket
or share is guilty of a Class I felony.
(2m) Any person who claims a lottery prize from a winning
lottery ticket or share and then transfers the same winning lottery
ticket or share to another person is guilty of a Class I felony.
(3) Any person who possesses an altered, forged, counterfeit,
or illegally obtained lottery ticket or share, or a winning lottery
ticket or share for which the prize has been previously claimed,
with intent to defraud shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.
(4) Any person who transfers a lottery ticket or share to another person, presents a transferred lottery ticket or share for payment of a lottery prize, or claims a lottery prize from a transferred
ticket or share with intent to avoid withholding under s. 565.30
(4), (5), (5m), or (5r) shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned for not more than 9 months or both.

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