§ 18.2-242 Use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products
a. No retail establishment in this Commonwealth shall use any game, contest, lottery or other scheme or device, whereby a person or persons may receive gifts, prizes or gratuities as determined by chance for the purpose of promoting, furthering or advertising the sale of any product or products having both a federal and state excise tax placed upon it, and the fact that no purchase is required in order to participate in such game, contest, lottery or scheme shall not exclude such game, contest, lottery or scheme from the provisions of this section.
b. Any person violating the provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
History
The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. It has been modified 2 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1970, chapter 764; in 1975, chapters 14 and 15.
Code 1950, § 59.1-68.01; 1970, c. 764; 1975, cc. 14, 15.