Sports Betting

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This is Article 2 of the Code of Virginia, titled “Sports Betting.” 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 19 laws.

It’s comprised of the following 19 sections.

§ 58.1-4030	Definitions
§ 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
§ 58.1-4045	Liquidity pools
§ 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
§ 58.1-4048	Gaming Regulatory Fund