- Does not allow commercial casinos
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Allows State &/or Interstate Lottery
"Illegal gambling"
means the making, placing or receipt, of any bet or wager in this
Commonwealth of money or other 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
this Commonwealth.
18.2-326. Penalty
for illegal gambling.
Except as otherwise provided in this
article, any person who illegally gambles or engages in interstate
gambling as defined in §18.2-325 shall be guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor. If an association or pool of persons illegally gamble, each
person therein shall be guilty of illegal
gambling.
18.2-331. Illegal
possession, etc., of gambling device;
penalty.
A person is guilty of illegal possession of
a gambling device when he manufactures, sells, transports, rents, gives
away, places or possesses, or conducts or negotiates any transaction
affecting or designed to affect ownership, custody or use of any
gambling device, believing or having reason to believe that the same is
to be used in the advancement of unlawful gambling activity. Violation
of any provision of this section shall constitute a Class 1
misdemeanor.
-Allowed:
any contest of speed or skill between men, animals, fowl or vehicles,
where participants may receive prizes or different percentages of a
purse, stake or premium dependent upon whether they win or lose or
dependent upon their position or score at the end of such
contest.
-As most
states do not, Virginia allows private residence
gambling:
18.2-334. Exception
to article; private residences.
Nothing in this article shall be construed
to make it illegal to participate in a game of chance conducted in a
private residence, provided such private residence is not commonly used
for such games of chance and there is no operator as defined in
subsection 4 of § 18.2-325.
-Allows
bingo games, raffles and duck races conducted by certain
organizations
