In my state, lottery offence is a very big crime and can be able to get you up to five years in prison with heavy fine as the case may be. Lottery offenses can be such that you are advertising lottery services to minors or you are advertising in places where you are not supposed to. There is a special jurisdiction that is set up to handle this kind of cases and there is also an opportunity for you to use the appeal court in case it does not go your way.