All persons employed by the Department shall be fingerprinted before, and as a condition of, employment. These fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search and to the Department of State Police for a Virginia Criminal History Records search. All board members, officers and employees of any vendor to the Department of lottery on-line or instant ticket goods or services working directly on a contract with the Department for such goods or services shall be fingerprinted, and such fingerprints shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a National Criminal Records search conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery. A background investigation shall be conducted by the chief security officer of the Virginia Lottery on every applicant prior to employment by the Department. However, all division directors of the Virginia Lottery and employees of the Virginia Lottery performing duties primarily related to security matters shall be subject to a background investigation report conducted by the Department of State Police prior to employment by the Department. The Department of State Police shall be reimbursed by the Virginia Lottery for the cost of investigations conducted pursuant to this section or § 58.1-4005. No person who has been convicted of a felony, bookmaking or other forms of illegal gambling, or of a crime involving moral turpitude shall be employed by the Department or on contracts with vendors described in this section.
1987, c. 531; 1989, c. 478; 1992, c. 449; 2004, c. 555; 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