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All fines recovered for violations of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund, in accordance with &#xA7; 19.2-353.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":201820,"text":"As used in this section, &#8220;ticket discounting&#8221; means reselling or having a person other than the prize winner claim a winning lottery ticket or buying or claiming a winning lottery ticket for the purpose of assisting the original prize winner with concealing his identity as a prize winner.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":201821,"text":"No person shall engage in the practice of ticket discounting.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":201822,"text":"Any person found to have engaged in the practice of ticket discounting shall be fined as determined by the Director (i) for prizes of less than $1,000, not more than $250; (ii) for prizes of $1,000 or more but less than $5,000, more than $250 but not more than $500; and (iii) for prizes of $5,000 or more, no less than $1,000. 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The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/legacylis.virginia.gov\/cgi-bin\/legp604.exe?191+ful+CHAP0762\">762<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":68447,"section_number":"19.2-353","catch_line":"Certain fines paid into Literary Fund","order_by":null,"url":"\/19.2-353\/"}],"permalink":{"id":259183,"object_type":"law","relational_id":55029,"identifier":"58.1-4018.2","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4018.2","url":"\/58.1-4018.2\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/58.1-4018.2\/","token":"58.1\/IV\/40\/1\/58.1-4018.2","dublin_core":{"Title":"Ticket discounting; civil penalties","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 58.1-4018.2","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"A\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">A.<\/span> As used in this section, &#8220;<span class=\"dictionary\">ticket discounting<\/span>&#8221; means reselling or having a person other than the prize winner claim a winning <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> ticket or buying or claiming a winning <span class=\"dictionary\">lottery<\/span> ticket for the purpose of assisting the original prize winner with concealing his identity as a prize winner. <a id=\"paragraph-201820\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-4018.2\/#A\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"B\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">B.<\/span> No person shall engage in the practice of <span class=\"dictionary\">ticket discounting<\/span>. <a id=\"paragraph-201821\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-4018.2\/#B\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section id=\"C\"><p><span class=\"prefix-number\">C.<\/span> Any person found to have engaged in the practice of <span class=\"dictionary\">ticket discounting<\/span> shall be fined as determined by the <span class=\"dictionary\">Director<\/span> (i) for prizes of less than $1,000, not more than $250; (ii) for prizes of $1,000 or more but less than $5,000, more than $250 but not more than $500; and (iii) for prizes of $5,000 or more, no less than $1,000. All fines recovered for violations of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund, in accordance with &#xA7; <a class=\"law\" title=\"Certain fines paid into Literary Fund\" href=\"\/19.2-353\/\">19.2-353<\/a>. <a id=\"paragraph-201822\" class=\"section-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/vacode.org\/58.1-4018.2\/#C\"><i class=\"fa fa-link\"><\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":"                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nTICKET DISCOUNTING; CIVIL PENALTIES (\u00a7 58.1-4018.2)\n\nA. As used in this section, &#8220;ticket discounting&#8221; means reselling or\nhaving a person other than the prize winner claim a winning lottery ticket or\nbuying or claiming a winning lottery ticket for the purpose of assisting the\noriginal prize winner with concealing his identity as a prize winner.\n\nB. No person shall engage in the practice of ticket discounting.\n\nC. Any person found to have engaged in the practice of ticket discounting shall\nbe fined as determined by the Director (i) for prizes of less than $1,000, not\nmore than $250; (ii) for prizes of $1,000 or more but less than $5,000, more\nthan $250 but not more than $500; and (iii) for prizes of $5,000 or more, no\nless than $1,000. All fines recovered for violations of this section shall be\npaid into the state treasury to the credit of the Literary Fund, in accordance\nwith &#xA7; 19.2-353.\n\nHISTORY: 2019, c. 762.","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}}