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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>70493</law_id><section_number>58.1-4002</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</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="58.1">Taxation</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="IV">Other Sources of State Revenue</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="40">Virginia Lottery Law; Sports Betting</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Powers and Duties of Virginia Lottery Board; Administration of Tickets and Prizes</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Board</span>&#x201D; means the Virginia Lottery <span class="dictionary">Board</span> established by this chapter.
		&#x201C;Casino gaming&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">game</span>&#x201D; means baccarat, blackjack, twenty-one, poker, craps, dice, slot machines, roulette wheels, Klondike tables, punchboards, faro layouts, numbers tickets, push cards, jar tickets, or pull tabs and any other activity that is authorized by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as a wagering <span class="dictionary">game</span> or device under Chapter 41 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-4100/">58.1-4100</a> et seq.). &#x201C;Casino gaming&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">game</span>&#x201D; includes <span class="dictionary">on-premises mobile casino gaming</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Department</span>&#x201D; means the independent agency responsible for the administration of the Virginia Lottery pursuant to this article and <span class="dictionary">sports betting</span> pursuant to Article 2 (&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/58.1-4030/">58.1-4030</a> et seq.).
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Director</span>&#x201D; means the <span class="dictionary">Director</span> of the Virginia Lottery.
		&#x201C;Lottery&#x201D; or &#x201C;<span class="dictionary">state lottery</span>&#x201D; means the lottery or lotteries established and operated pursuant to this chapter.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">On-premises mobile casino gaming</span>&#x201D; means casino gaming offered by a casino gaming operator at a casino gaming establishment using a computer network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet-switched data networks through which the casino gaming operator may offer casino gaming to individuals who have established an <span class="dictionary">on-premises mobile casino gaming</span> account with the casino gaming operator and who are physically present on the premises of the casino gaming establishment, as authorized by regulations promulgated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Sports betting</span>&#x201D; means placing wagers on sporting events as such activity is regulated by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Ticket courier service</span>&#x201D; means a service operated for the purpose of purchasing Virginia Lottery tickets on behalf of individuals located within or outside the Commonwealth and delivering or transmitting such tickets, or electronic images thereof, to such individuals as a business-for-profit delivery service.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Voluntary exclusion program</span>&#x201D; means a program established by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Voluntary exclusion program" href="/58.1-4015.1/">58.1-4015.1</a> that allows individuals to voluntarily exclude themselves from engaging in the activities described in subdivision B 1 of &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Voluntary exclusion program" href="/58.1-4015.1/">58.1-4015.1</a> by placing their name on a voluntary exclusion list and following the procedures set forth by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 531; 2014, c. 225; 2016, c. 461; 2020, cc. 1197, 1218, 1248, 1256.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
