Patricia mistakenly believes she could personally hold a lottery to raise money for her favorite charity. This could be used as a defense to being prosecuted for unlawful gambling.

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It is not a defense for an accused to say that he or she did not know this particular conduct was prohibited by law. Nor is it a defense to a gambling charge for the defendant to argue that he or she did not know that the gambling law applied to him or her.

Patricia Mistakenly Believes She Could Personally Hold a Lottery to Raise