§ 10-502. Games of chance

   (a) General prohibition for refiners and other suppliers. -- Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a refiner or other supplier of motor fuel to a retail service station may not engage in, sponsor, promote, advertise, or otherwise perform or participate in a game of chance to be marketed or offered to the public at a retail service station in the State.

(b) Exception; payment of costs. --

   (1) A supplier of motor fuel authorized under this title to operate retail service stations may, at such stations, participate in a game of chance promoted or sponsored by entities other than a refiner or supplier of motor fuel.

   (2) A supplier of motor fuel authorized under this section to conduct a game of chance may not require a retail service station dealer to pay for any costs related to the game of chance.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 56, § 144A; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; 1998, ch. 409; 2010, ch. 720.