36 CFR § 1280.18 - Gambling.

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title: "36 CFR § 1280.18 - Gambling."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "1280.18"
section_name: "Gambling."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "NARA FACILITIES"
part_number: "1280"
part_name: "USE OF NARA FACILITIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "44 U.S.C. 2102 notes, 2104(a), 2112, 2903."
regulatory_source: "85 FR 26851, May 6, 2020, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1280.18 Gambling.

(a) You may not participate in any type of gambling while on or in NARA property or facilities. This includes:

(1) Participating in games for money or other personal property;

(2) Operating gambling devices;

(3) Conducting a lottery or pool; or

(4) Selling or purchasing numbers tickets.

(b) This rule does not apply to licensed blind operators of vending facilities who are selling chances for any lottery set forth in a state law and conducted by an agency of a state as authorized by section 2(a)(5) of the Randolph-Sheppard Act (20 U.S.C. 107, *et seq.*)