A. No person shall knowingly accept or redeem a sports bet by, or knowingly offer to accept or redeem a sports bet on behalf of, a person under the age of 21 years.
B. Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
2020, cc. 1218, 1256.
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