                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-325)

1. &#8220;Illegal gambling&#8221; means the making, placing, or receipt of any
bet or wager in the Commonwealth of money or other consideration or thing of
value, made in exchange for a chance to win a prize, stake, or other
consideration or thing of value, dependent upon the result of any game, contest,
or any other event the outcome of which is uncertain or a matter of chance,
whether such game, contest, or event occurs or is to occur inside or outside the
limits of the Commonwealth.
			For the purposes of this subdivision and notwithstanding any provision in
this section to the contrary, the making, placing, or receipt of any bet or
wager of money or other consideration or thing of value shall include the
purchase of a product, Internet access, or other thing made in exchange for a
chance to win a prize, stake, or other consideration or thing of value by means
of the operation of a gambling device as described in subdivision 3 b,
regardless of whether the chance to win such prize, stake, or other
consideration or thing of value may be offered in the absence of a
purchase.			&#8220;Illegal gambling&#8221; also means the playing or offering
for play of any skill game.

2. &#8220;Interstate gambling&#8221; means the conduct of an enterprise for
profit that engages in the purchase or sale within the Commonwealth of any
interest in a lottery of another state or country whether or not such interest
is an actual lottery ticket, receipt, contingent promise to pay, order to
purchase, or other record of such interest.

3. &#8220;Gambling device&#8221; includes:
			a. Any device, machine, paraphernalia, equipment, or other thing, including
books, records, and other papers, which are actually used in an illegal gambling
operation or activity;			b. Any machine, apparatus, implement, instrument,
contrivance, board, or other thing, or electronic or video versions thereof,
including but not limited to those dependent upon the insertion of a coin or
other object for their operation, which operates, either completely
automatically or with the aid of some physical act by the player or operator, in
such a manner that, depending upon elements of chance, it may eject something of
value or determine the prize or other thing of value to which the player is
entitled, provided, however, that the return to the user of nothing more than
additional chances or the right to use such machine is not deemed something of
value within the meaning of this subsection; and provided further, that machines
that only sell, or entitle the user to, items of merchandise of equivalent value
that may differ from each other in composition, size, shape, or color, shall not
be deemed gambling devices within the meaning of this subsection; and			c. Skill
games.			Such devices are no less gambling devices if they indicate beforehand
the definite result of one or more operations but not all the operations. Nor
are they any less a gambling device because, apart from their use or
adaptability as such, they may also sell or deliver something of value on a
basis other than chance.

4. &#8220;Operator&#8221; includes any person, firm, or association of persons,
who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns all or part of an
illegal gambling enterprise, activity, or operation.

5. &#8220;Skill&#8221; means the knowledge, dexterity, or any other ability or
expertise of a natural person.

6. &#8220;Skill game&#8221; means an electronic, computerized, or mechanical
contrivance, terminal, machine, or other device that requires the insertion of a
coin, currency, ticket, token, or similar object to operate, activate, or play a
game, the outcome of which is determined by any element of skill of the player
and that may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the device to
receive cash or cash equivalents, gift cards, vouchers, billets, tickets,
tokens, or electronic credits to be exchanged for cash or cash equivalents
whether the payoff is made automatically from the device or manually.
&#8220;Skill game&#8221; includes (i) a device that contains a meter or
measurement device that records the number of free games or portions of games
that are rewarded and (ii) a device designed or adapted to enable a person using
the device to increase the chances of winning free games or portions of games by
paying more than the amount that is ordinarily required to play the game.
&#8220;Skill game&#8221; does not include any amusement device, as defined in
&#xA7; 18.2-334.6.

7. &#8220;Unregulated location&#8221; means any location that is not regulated
or operated by the Virginia Lottery or Virginia Lottery Board, the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Authority, or the Virginia Racing Commission.

HISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 423; 2010, c. 877; 2011, cc. 879, 887; 2019,
c. 761; 2020, cc. 1217, 1277; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 329, 546; 2022, cc. 554,
609; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2023, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.