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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>78837</law_id><section_number>58.1-4016</section_number><catch_line>Gift to minor prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-4019</reference><reference>58.1-4020.1</reference></referred_to_by><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>No ticket or share shall be given as a gift or otherwise to any person under the age of eighteen years. Any person who knowingly gives a <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> ticket or share to any person under the age of eighteen years is guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 531.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
