A. The Department shall be under the immediate supervision and direction of a Director, who shall be a person of good reputation, particularly as to honesty and integrity, and shall be subject to a thorough background investigation conducted by the Department of State Police prior to appointment. The Director shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Governor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the members elected to each house of the General Assembly if in session when the appointment is made, and if not in session, then at its next succeeding session. The Director shall receive a salary as provided in the general appropriations act.
B. The Director shall devote his full time to the performance of his official duties and shall not be engaged in any other profession or occupation.
C. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, the Director shall take an oath that he will faithfully and honestly execute the duties of his office during his continuance therein and shall give bond in such amount as may be fixed by the Governor, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his duties. The premium on such bond shall be paid out of the Virginia Lottery Fund.
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