NRS462.015. Declaration of public policy.

  The Legislature hereby finds, and declares to be the public policy of this state, that:

      1.  The operation of legitimate charitable lotteries by bona fide charitable and nonprofit organizations is beneficial to the general welfare of the residents of this state.

      2.  The benefits of charitable lotteries:

      (a) Are dependent upon ensuring that those lotteries are operated honestly and free from criminal and corruptive elements, and that the proceeds of those lotteries are expended to benefit the activities of charitable or nonprofit organizations.

      (b) Can be ensured through the regulation of the type of organizations authorized to operate those lotteries, the manner in which those lotteries are conducted and the manner in which the proceeds of those lotteries are expended.

      (Added to NRS by 1991, 2257)