Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 1 (§ 18.2-325 et seq.) of Chapter 8 of Title 18.2 or any other provision of law, there is hereby established as an independent agency of the Commonwealth, exclusive of the legislative, executive or judicial branches of government, the Virginia Lottery, which shall include a Director and a Virginia Lottery Board for the purpose of operating a state lottery.
1987, c. 531; 2014, c. 225.
Structure Code of Virginia
Chapter 40 - Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting
§ 58.1-4001. Establishment of state lottery
§ 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
§ 58.1-4008. 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
§ 58.1-4022. 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
§ 58.1-4029. Disclosure of identity of winners by the Department
§ 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
§ 58.1-4046. Intermediate routing of electronic data
§ 58.1-4047. Certain provisions in Article 1 (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.) to apply, mutatis mutandis