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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 531 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 1987 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 2 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 2020, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1218\">1218<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP1256\">1256<\/a>; in 2024, chapters <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0311\">311<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?241+ful+CHAP0358\">358<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56298,"section_number":"58.1-4000","catch_line":"Short title","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4000\/"},{"id":67888,"section_number":"58.1-4030","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-4030\/"}],"permalink":{"id":167453,"object_type":"law","relational_id":56658,"identifier":"18.2-334.3","token":"18.2\/8\/1\/18.2-334.3","url":"\/18.2-334.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/18.2-334.3\/","token":"18.2\/8\/1\/18.2-334.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Exemptions to article","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 18.2-334.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section><p>Nothing in this article shall apply to:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"1\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">1.<\/span> Any lottery conducted by the Commonwealth pursuant to Article 1 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Short title\" href=\"\/58.1-4000\/\">58.1-4000<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1; <a id=\"paragraph-207308\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-334.3\/#1\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"2\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">2.<\/span> Any sports betting or related activity that is lawful under Article 2 (&#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Definitions\" href=\"\/58.1-4030\/\">58.1-4030<\/a> et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1; or <a id=\"paragraph-207309\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-334.3\/#2\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"3\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">3.<\/span> The placement or operation of or communication to and from data center equipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly authorized by another state or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> and regulated and operated consistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span>, provided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the <span class=\"dictionary\">laws<\/span> or regulations of such other state or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> to be physically located within the geographic bounds of such other state or <span class=\"dictionary\">jurisdiction<\/span> at the time the wager is initiated or placed. <a id=\"paragraph-207310\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/18.2-334.3\/#3\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nEXEMPTIONS TO ARTICLE (\u00a7 18.2-334.3)\n\nNothing in this article shall apply to:\n\n1. Any lottery conducted by the Commonwealth pursuant to Article 1 (&#xA7;\n58.1-4000 et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1;\n\n2. Any sports betting or related activity that is lawful under Article 2 (&#xA7;\n58.1-4030 et seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1; or\n\n3. The placement or operation of or communication to and from data center\nequipment in the Commonwealth associated with the hosting of lottery games duly\nauthorized by another state or jurisdiction and regulated and operated\nconsistent with and exclusively for the benefit of such state or jurisdiction,\nprovided that wagering on such games is legally authorized in such other state\nor jurisdiction and the individuals wagering on such games are required by the\nlaws or regulations of such other state or jurisdiction to be physically located\nwithin the geographic bounds of such other state or jurisdiction at the time the\nwager is initiated or placed.\n\nHISTORY: 1987, c. 531; 2020, cc. 1218, 1256; 2024, cc. 311, 358.","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}}