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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>56658</law_id><section_number>18.2-334.3</section_number><catch_line>Exemptions to article</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="8">Crimes Involving Morals and Decency</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="1">Gambling</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Nothing in this article shall apply to:</p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section>
						<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"/></a></p></section></text><history>1987, c. 531; 2020, cc. 1218, 1256; 2024, cc. 311, 358.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
