Enacts new GS 14-306.4A making it unlawful for any person to operate, or place into operation, an electronic machine or device to conduct or promote a sweepstakes. Also prohibits any mechanism that seeks to avoid, through subterfuge or pretense, application of the law, making electronic machines and devices for sweepstakes unlawful. Incorporates the definitions for electronic machine or device, enter or entry, prize, and sweepstakes from GS 14-306.4(a). Provides that nothing in the statute makes illegal any lawfully conducted activity on Indian lands. Makes the first offense of the statute a Class 2 misdemeanor, the second offense a Class H felony, and the third and any subsequent offense a Class G felony. Makes the possession of five or more machines a Class G felony. Makes each violation of the statute a separate offense. Provides that a violation of GS 14-306.4A is a lesser included offense of GS 14-306.4, and does not repeal or affect the provisions of the latter.
Makes a conforming change to GS 14-309. Includes whereas clauses.