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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>57248</law_id><section_number>58.1-4018</section_number><catch_line>Prohibited actions; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>2.2-3705.3</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>Any person who wrongfully and fraudulently uses, disposes of, conceals or embezzles any public money or funds associated with the operation of the <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. Any person who wrongfully and fraudulently tampers with any equipment or machinery used in the operation of the <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. Any person who makes inaccurate entries regarding a financial accounting of the <span class="dictionary">lottery</span> in <span class="dictionary">order</span> to conceal the truth, defraud the Commonwealth and obtain money to which he is not entitled shall be guilty of a Class 3 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>.</p></section></text><history>1987, c. 531; 2006, c. 598.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
