Powers and Duties of Virginia Lottery Board; Administration of Tickets and Prizes

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This is Article 1 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Powers and Duties of Virginia Lottery Board; Administration of Tickets and Prizes.” It is part of Chapter 40 “Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting”, which is part of Subtitle IV “Other Sources of State Revenue”, which is part of Title 58.1 “Taxation”.

It’s comprised of the following 41 sections.

§ 58.1-4000	Short title
§ 58.1-4001	Establishment of state lottery
§ 58.1-4002	Definitions
§ 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
§ 58.1-4007.2	Repealed
§ 58.1-4007.3	Posting of illegal gaming tip line; problem gambling helpline
§ 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
§ 58.1-4020	Unclaimed prizes
§ 58.1-4020.1	Voluntary assignment of lottery prizes or pledge as collateral for a loan; requirements for the assignees and lenders
§ 58.1-4021	Deposit of moneys received by agents; performance of functions, etc., in connection with operation of lottery; compensation of agents
§ 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
§ 58.1-4027	Judicial review
§ 58.1-4028	Repealed
§ 58.1-4029	Disclosure of identity of winners by the Department