Code of Virginia
Chapter 40 - Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting
§ 58.1-4002. Definitions

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Board" means the Virginia Lottery Board established by this chapter.
"Casino gaming" or "game" means baccarat, blackjack, twenty-one, poker, craps, dice, slot machines, roulette wheels, Klondike tables, punchboards, faro layouts, numbers tickets, push cards, jar tickets, or pull tabs and any other activity that is authorized by the Board as a wagering game or device under Chapter 41 (§ 58.1-4100 et seq.). "Casino gaming" or "game" includes on-premises mobile casino gaming.
"Department" means the independent agency responsible for the administration of the Virginia Lottery pursuant to this article and sports betting pursuant to Article 2 (§ 58.1-4030 et seq.).
"Director" means the Director of the Virginia Lottery.
"Lottery" or "state lottery" means the lottery or lotteries established and operated pursuant to this chapter.
"On-premises mobile casino gaming" means casino gaming offered by a casino gaming operator at a casino gaming establishment using a computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet-switched data networks through which the casino gaming operator may offer casino gaming to individuals who have established an on-premises mobile casino gaming account with the casino gaming operator and who are physically present on the premises of the casino gaming establishment, as authorized by regulations promulgated by the Board.
"Sports betting" means placing wagers on sporting events as such activity is regulated by the Board.
"Ticket courier service" means a service operated for the purpose of purchasing Virginia Lottery tickets on behalf of individuals located within or outside the Commonwealth and delivering or transmitting such tickets, or electronic images thereof, to such individuals as a business-for-profit delivery service.
"Voluntary exclusion program" means a program established by the Board pursuant to § 58.1-4015.1 that allows individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from engaging in the activities described in subdivision B 1 of § 58.1-4015.1 by placing their name on a voluntary exclusion list and following the procedures set forth by the Board.
1987, c. 531; 2014, c. 225; 2016, c. 461; 2020, cc. 1197, 1218, 1248, 1256.

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Code of Virginia

Title 58.1 - Taxation

Chapter 40 - Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting

§ 58.1-4000. Short title

§ 58.1-4001. Establishment of state lottery

§ 58.1-4002. Definitions

§ 58.1-4003. Virginia Lottery established

§ 58.1-4004. Membership of Board; appointment; terms; vacancies; removal; expenses

§ 58.1-4005. Appointment, qualifications and salary of Director

§ 58.1-4006. Powers of the Director

§ 58.1-4006.1. Use of the phrase "Virginia is for Bettors" prohibited; civil penalty

§ 58.1-4007. Powers of the Board

§ 58.1-4007.1. Lottery tickets to bear telephone number for compulsive gamblers

§ 58.1-4007.2. Repealed

§ 58.1-4008. Employees of the Department; background investigations of employees

§ 58.1-4009. Licensing of lottery sales agents; penalty

§ 58.1-4010. Authority of persons licensed as lottery sales agents; annual fee

§ 58.1-4011. Meaning of "gross receipts."

§ 58.1-4012. Suspension and revocation of licenses

§ 58.1-4013. Right to prize not assignable; exceptions

§ 58.1-4014. Price of tickets or shares; who may sell; penalty

§ 58.1-4014.1. Method of payment for purchase of tickets or shares

§ 58.1-4015. Sale of ticket or share to person under eighteen prohibited; penalty

§ 58.1-4015.1. Voluntary exclusion program

§ 58.1-4016. Gift to minor prohibited

§ 58.1-4017. Alteration and forgery; presentation of counterfeit or altered ticket or share; penalty

§ 58.1-4018. Prohibited actions; penalty

§ 58.1-4018.1. Larceny of tickets; fraudulent notification of prizes; penalty

§ 58.1-4018.2. Ticket discounting; civil penalties

§ 58.1-4019. Certain persons ineligible to purchase tickets or shares or receive prizes

§ 58.1-4019.1. License required for "instant ticket" games or contests

§ 58.1-4020. Unclaimed prizes

§ 58.1-4020.1. Voluntary assignment of lottery prizes or pledge as collateral for a loan; requirements for the assignees and lenders

§ 58.1-4021. Deposit of moneys received by agents; performance of functions, etc., in connection with operation of lottery; compensation of agents

§ 58.1-4022. Virginia Lottery Fund

§ 58.1-4022.1. Lottery Proceeds Fund

§ 58.1-4023. Post-audit of accounts and transactions of Department; post-compliance audits

§ 58.1-4024. Employees of the Department

§ 58.1-4025. Exemption of lottery prizes and sales of tickets from state and local taxation

§ 58.1-4026. Set-off of debts to the Commonwealth from prizes

§ 58.1-4027. Judicial review

§ 58.1-4028. Repealed

§ 58.1-4029. Disclosure of identity of winners by the Department

§ 58.1-4030. Definitions

§ 58.1-4031. Powers and duties of the Director related to sports betting; reporting

§ 58.1-4032. Application for a sports betting permit; penalty

§ 58.1-4033. Renewals of permits

§ 58.1-4034. Duties of permit holders

§ 58.1-4035. Suspension and revocation of permits; civil penalties

§ 58.1-4036. Use of official league data

§ 58.1-4037. Tax on adjusted gross revenue

§ 58.1-4038. Distribution of tax revenue

§ 58.1-4039. Events on which betting is prohibited; penalty

§ 58.1-4040. Underage betting prohibited; penalty

§ 58.1-4041. Persons prohibited from sports betting; penalty

§ 58.1-4042. Operation and advertising of unpermitted facilities prohibited; penalty

§ 58.1-4043. Reporting and investigating prohibited conduct

§ 58.1-4044. Required direct notification to the Department and to sports governing bodies

§ 58.1-4045. Liquidity pools

§ 58.1-4046. Intermediate routing of electronic data

§ 58.1-4047. Certain provisions in Article 1 (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.) to apply, mutatis mutandis