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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76314</law_id><section_number>58.1-4040</section_number><catch_line>Underage betting prohibited; penalty</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>58.1-4034</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="2">Sports Betting</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> No person shall knowingly accept or redeem a sports bet by, or knowingly offer to accept or redeem a sports bet on behalf of, a person under the age of 21 years. <a id="paragraph-273965" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4040/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-273966" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4040/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1218, 1256.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
