The word “poolroom,” wherever the same is used in this section, shall be held and construed to mean any room where any pool ticket, chance voucher or certificate is sold entitling or purporting to entitle the holder or promisee thereof, or any other person, to money or other thing of value, contingent upon the result of any horse race, prizefight, game of chance, game of skill or science, or other sport or contest. Any person who shall set up or promote, or be connected with or interested in the management or operation of any poolroom, his agents, servants or employees, they, and each of them, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000 for each offense, and may, in the discretion of the court, be confined in jail not to exceed one year. The buying, selling or transferring of tickets or chances in any lottery shall be and the same is hereby prohibited.
Structure West Virginia Code
Chapter 61. Crimes and Their Punishment
Article 10. Crimes Against Public Policy
§61-10-2. Permitting Gaming Table or Device on Premises; Penalty
§61-10-5. Betting on Games of Chance; Furnishing Money or Thing of Value Therefor; Penalty
§61-10-6. Permitting Gaming at Hotels; Penalty
§61-10-7. Presumption Against Hotelkeeper
§61-10-8. Gaming at Outhouse of Hotel; Penalty
§61-10-9. Cheating at Gaming; Penalty
§61-10-10. Poolroom Defined; Selling Tickets and Chances in Lottery; Penalty
§61-10-11. Lotteries or Raffles; Penalty
§61-10-11a. “Policy” or “numbers”; Penalty
§61-10-11b. Possession of “policy” or “numbers” Slips Unlawful
§61-10-12. Proceeds of Lottery Forfeited to the State
§61-10-13. Associations and Companies Trading as Bank Without Authority of Law; Penalty
§61-10-14. Laws on Gaming, Lotteries and Unchartered Banks Remedial
§61-10-16. Picture or Theatrical Act Reflecting Upon Any Race or Class of Citizens; Penalty
§61-10-17. Lobbying on Floor of Legislature; Ejection of Lobbyist; Penalty; Jurisdiction
§61-10-19. Cornering Market in Foods or Other Necessities of Life; Penalty
§61-10-20. Failure of Employers to Provide Certain Benefits for Employees
§61-10-21. Unlawful Use of Prefix Doctor or Dr. Penalty
§61-10-22. Bribery of Participants in Professional or Amateur Games and Horse Racing; Penalty
§61-10-23. Debt Pooling; Definition; Offenses; Penalty; Jurisdiction; Pleading and Proof
§61-10-30. Open Water Wells Prohibited
§61-10-31. Conspiracy; Construction of Section; Penalties
§61-10-33. Prohibition Against Selling a Pure Caffeine Product