I want to start an online gambling website--more specifically, a
lottery game. Players will place $1 bets and choose 6 numbers between
1 and 6. In the end, the player or players matching all 6 numbers will
win (or divide) 90% of the submitted bets.

I live in California. Are there any laws that prohibit me from doing
this? Do I need some sort of license?

Hi nberggreen-ga,

Unless you are affiliated with a federally recognized Indian tribe and
are operating on Indian lands, it's illegal for you to operate a
lottery in the state of California.

You can read the laws on this page from the Gambling-Law-US.com website:

http://www.gambling-law-us.com/State-Laws/California/


Additional Link

Chapter on lotteries in a 1997 California Research Bureau report on
gambling in California
http://www.library.ca.gov/CRB/97/03/Chapt3.html


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