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such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor." SECTION 3.(d) G.& 14-291.1 reads as rewritten: '§ 14-291.1. Selling 'numbers' tickets; possession prima facie evidence of violation. Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes., in connection with a lawful lottery conducted n another state, or in connection with a lawful raffle as provided in Part 2 of this Article, if any person shall ,ell, barter or cause to be sold or bartered, any ticket, token, certificate or order for any number or shares in any lottery, commonly known as the numbers or butter and egg lottery, or lotteries of similar character, to be it-awn or paid within or without the State, such person shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person ,vho shall have in his possession any tickets, tokens, certificates or orders used in the operation of any such lottery shall be guilty under this section, and the possession of such tickets shall be prima facie evidence of the violation of this section." SECTION 3.(e) G.S. 14-292 reads as rewritten: '§ 14-292. Gambling. Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes or in Part 2 of this Article, any person or organization that operates any game of chance or any person who plays at or bets on any game of chance at which any money, property or other thing of value is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. This section shall not apply to a person wlao plays at or bets on any lottery game being lawfully conducted in any state." SECTION 3.(f) G.S. 14-293 reads as rewritten: 14-293. Allowing gambling in houses of public entertainment; penalty. *Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes, if any keeper of an ordinary or other house of entertainment, or of a house wherein alcoholic beverages are retailed, shall knowingly suffer any game, at which money or property, or anything of value, is bet, whether the same be in stake or not, -to be played in any such house, or in any part of the premises occupied therewith; or shall furnish persons so playing or betting either on said premises or elsewhere with drink or other thing for their comfort or subsistence during the time of play, lie shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. Any person who shall be convicted under this section shall, upon such conviction, forfeit his license to do any of the businesses mentioned in this section, and shall be forever debarred from doing any of such businesses in this State. The court shall embody in its judgment that such person has forfeited his license, and no board of county commissioners, board of town commissioners or board of aldermen shall thereafter have power or authority to grant to such convicted person or his agent a license to do any of the businesses mentioned herein." SECTION 3.(g) G.S. 14-299 reads as rewritten: 14-299. Property exhibited by gamblers to be seized; disposition of same. mil-Except as provided in Chapter 18C of the General Statutes or in G.S. 14-292 all moneys or other property or thing of value exhibited for the purpose of alluring persons to bet on any game, or used in the conduct of any such game, including any motor vehicle used in the conduct of a lottery within the purview of G.S. 14-291.1, shall be liable to be seized by any court of competent jurisdiction or by any person acting under its warrant. Moneys so seized shall be turned over to and paid to the treasurer of the county wherein they are seized, and placed in the general fund of the county. Any property seized which is used for and is suitable only for gambling shall be destroyed, and all other property so seized shall be sold in the manner provided for the sale of personal property by execution, and the proceeds derived from said sale shall (after deducting the expenses of keeping the property and the costs of the sale and after paying, according to their- priorities all known prior, bona fide liens which were created without the lienor having knowledge or notice that the motor vehicle or other property was being used or to be used in connection with the conduct of such game or lottery) be turned over and paid to the treasurer of the county wherein the property was seized, to be placed by said treasurer in the general fund of the county." SECTION 4. Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding the following new section to read: »e 1 A 2M 17 P-4 Anne not annly to the Lotterv. G.S. 66-58(b) reads as rewritten: "(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to: 23 The North Carolina State Lottery Commission." SECTION 6. Part 2 of Article 4 of Chapter 114 is amended by adding a new section to read: Itf: , 1A--10 14 Cr;m;nal recnrcl checks for the North Carolina State Lottery Commission g +r?n>>no+ +bA 1ncrarnr;ntc of the nromective emnlovee