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 contains 41 laws.

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§ 58.1-4007.2	Repealed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