---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 C.F.R. § 706.209"
title: "18"
number: "706.209"
heading: "Gambling, betting, and lotteries."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/18/706.209"
---

# §706.209. Gambling, betting, and lotteries.


An employee shall not participate, while on Government-owned or leased property or while on duty for the Government, in any gambling activity, including the operation of a gambling device, in conducting a lottery or pool, in a game for money or property, or in selling or purchasing a numbers slip or ticket.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Water Resources Planning Act, 1965 (Sec. 402, Pub. L. 89-80, 79 Stat. 254 (42 U.S.C. 1962d-1)); E.O. 11222 (30 FR 6469, 3 CFR Proc. 3279; as amended); 5 CFR part 735 (33 FR 12487).

### Source

Source: 40 FR 32818, Aug. 4, 1975, unless otherwise noted.