Section 319.5 Of Chapter 9. Lotteries From California Penal Code >> Title 9. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 9.
319.5
. Neither this chapter nor Chapter 10 (commencing with Section
330) applies to the possession or operation of a reverse vending
machine. As used in this section a reverse vending machine is a
machine in which empty beverage containers are deposited for
recycling and which provides a payment of money, merchandise,
vouchers, or other incentives at a frequency less than upon each
deposit. The pay out of a reverse vending machine is made on a
deposit selected at random within the designated number of required
deposits.
The deposit of an empty beverage container in a reverse vending
machine does not constitute consideration within the definition of
lottery in Section 319.