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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 420 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. 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. Those modifications are as follows: in 1993, chapter 513; in 1995, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?951+ful+CHAP0837\">837<\/a>; in 2013, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0036\">36<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?131+ful+CHAP0350\">350<\/a>; in 2020, chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0982\">982<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":70698,"section_number":"18.2-340.16","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-340.16\/"},{"id":84287,"section_number":"18.2-340.23","catch_line":"Organizations exempt from certain fees and reports","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-340.23\/"},{"id":58865,"section_number":"18.2-340.25","catch_line":"Permit required; application fee; form of application","order_by":null,"url":"\/18.2-340.25\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167449,"object_type":"law","relational_id":74691,"identifier":"18.2-334.2","token":"18.2\/8\/1\/18.2-334.2","url":"\/18.2-334.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-334.2\/","token":"18.2\/8\/1\/18.2-334.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Same; bingo games, raffles, duck races, and Texas Hold&#8217;em poker tournaments conducted by certain organizations","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-334.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this article shall apply to any bingo game, instant bingo, network bingo, raffle, duck race, or Texas Hold&#8217;em poker tournament conducted solely by organizations as defined in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/18.2-340.16\/\">18.2-340.16<\/a> which have received a permit as set forth in \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Permit required; application fee; form of application\" href=\"\/18.2-340.25\/\">18.2-340.25<\/a>, or which are exempt from the permit requirement under \u00a7&nbsp;<a class=\"law\" title=\"Organizations exempt from certain fees and reports\" href=\"\/18.2-340.23\/\">18.2-340.23<\/a>.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSAME; BINGO GAMES, RAFFLES, DUCK RACES, AND TEXAS HOLD&#8217;EM POKER\nTOURNAMENTS CONDUCTED BY CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS (\u00a7 18.2-334.2)\n\nNothing in this article shall apply to any bingo game, instant bingo, network\nbingo, raffle, duck race, or Texas Hold&#8217;em poker tournament conducted\nsolely by organizations as defined in \u00a7 18.2-340.16 which have received a\npermit as set forth in \u00a7 18.2-340.25, or which are exempt from the permit\nrequirement under \u00a7 18.2-340.23.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 420; 1993, c. 513; 1995, c. 837; 2013, cc. 36, 350; 2020, c.\n982.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}