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The record of this law\u2019s original creation isn\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 1998, chapter 400<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":350789,"section_number":"18.2-340.22","catch_line":"Permitted forms of gaming; prizes not gaming contracts","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-340.22\/"},{"id":373028,"section_number":"59.1-364","catch_line":"Control of racing with pari-mutuel wagering","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-364\/"},{"id":373403,"section_number":"59.1-569","catch_line":"Fantasy contests conducted under this chapter not illegal gambling","order_by":null,"url":"\/59.1-569\/"}],"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":1374223,"object_type":"law","relational_id":346205,"identifier":"11-14","token":"11\/3\/11-14","url":"\/11-14\/","edition_id":2,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/11-14\/","token":"11\/3\/11-14","dublin_core":{"Title":"Gaming contracts void","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 11-14","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Except as otherwise provided in this section, all wagers, conveyances, assurances, and all contracts<\/span> and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration is money or other valuable thing won, laid, or bet, at any game, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts<\/span> to repay any money knowingly lent at the time and place of such game, race, sport or pastime, to any person for the purpose of so gaming, betting, or wagering, or to repay any money so lent to any person who shall, at such time and place, so pay, bet or wager, shall be utterly void.<\/p>

Notwithstanding any other provision of law<\/span>, a contract<\/span> governing the distribution of state lottery proceeds shall be valid and enforceable as between the parties to the contract<\/span>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nGAMING CONTRACTS VOID (\u00a7 11-14)\n\nExcept as otherwise provided in this section, all wagers, conveyances,\nassurances, and all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of\nthe consideration is money or other valuable thing won, laid, or bet, at any\ngame, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts to repay any money\nknowingly lent at the time and place of such game, race, sport or pastime, to\nany person for the purpose of so gaming, betting, or wagering, or to repay any\nmoney so lent to any person who shall, at such time and place, so pay, bet or\nwager, shall be utterly void.\n\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract governing the\ndistribution of state lottery proceeds shall be valid and enforceable as between\nthe parties to the contract.\n\nHISTORY: Code 1919, \u00a7 5558; 1998, c. 400.","edition":{"id":2,"name":"2026","slug":"2026","date_created":"2026-07-16 18:40:23","date_modified":"2026-08-02 15:14:36","current":1,"order_by":2,"last_import":"2026-08-02 12:37:30"}}