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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>84262</law_id><section_number>58.1-4041</section_number><catch_line>Persons prohibited from sports betting; 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> The following persons shall be prohibited from <span class="dictionary">sports betting</span>: <a id="paragraph-302064" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Director</span> and any <span class="dictionary">Board</span> member, officer, or employee of the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>; <a id="paragraph-302065" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">permit holder</span>; <a id="paragraph-302066" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Any <span class="dictionary">director</span>, officer, owner, or employee of a <span class="dictionary">permit holder</span> and any relative living in the same household as such persons; and <a id="paragraph-302067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any officer or employee of any entity working directly on a <span class="dictionary">contract</span> with the <span class="dictionary">Department</span> related to <span class="dictionary">sports betting</span>. <a id="paragraph-302068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#A4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The persons described in subdivision A 3 shall be prohibited from <span class="dictionary">sports betting</span> only with respect to the related <span class="dictionary">permit holder</span>, but shall not be prohibited from placing sports bets with other <span class="dictionary">permit holders</span>. <a id="paragraph-302069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> Any competitor, coach, trainer, employee, or owner of a team in a professional or <span class="dictionary">college sports</span> event, or any referee for a professional or <span class="dictionary">college sports</span> event, shall be prohibited from placing a bet on any event in a league in which such person participates. In determining which persons are prohibited from placing wagers under this subsection, a <span class="dictionary">permit holder</span> shall use publicly available information and any lists of persons that a <span class="dictionary">sports governing body</span> may provide to the <span class="dictionary">Department</span>. <a id="paragraph-302070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Any person convicted of violating this section is guilty of a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span>. <a id="paragraph-302071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/58.1-4041/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2020, cc. 1218, 1256.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
