P.R. Laws tit. 15, § 124
The establishment, maintenance, and exploitation of lotteries in Puerto Rico, except in the manner provided in §§ 111—127e of this title, is prohibited in Puerto Rico. Any person who invents, prepares, establishes or plays any illegal lottery in violation of the provisions of §§ 111—127e of this title, or who sells, assigns, or otherwise supplies or transfers to another or a third party, any ticket, chance, share or interest, or any paper, certificate or instrument presumed or understood to be or to represent any ticket, chance or share or interest in any lottery in violation of the provisions of §§ 111—127e of this title or which depends on the result thereof shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
Raffles, draws, and bingos held by aspirants, candidates, elected officials, political parties, their respective committees, and other political party committees for the purpose of supplementing their political campaign funding, in accordance with the terms of §§ 111—127e of this title and of any orders, resolutions, or guidelines issued hereunder, are hereby excluded.
History —May 15, 1947, No. 465, p. 1022, § 14; Sept. 15, 2004, No. 321, § 2; Aug. 9, 2016, No. 166, § 3.