                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PENALTY FOR ILLEGAL GAMBLING (§ 18.2-326)

Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who illegally gambles
or engages in interstate gambling as defined in § 18.2-325 shall be guilty of a
Class 3 misdemeanor. If an association or pool of persons illegally gamble, each
person therein shall be guilty of illegal gambling.
		However, if any person makes, places, or receives any bet or wager of money or
other thing of value on a horse race in the Commonwealth, whether the race is
inside or outside the limits of the Commonwealth at any place or through any
means other than (i) at a racetrack licensed by the Virginia Racing Commission
pursuant to Chapter 29 (§ 59.1-364 et seq.) of Title 59.1 or (ii) at a
satellite facility or through advance deposit account wagering, as those terms
are defined in § 59.1-365, licensed by the Virginia Racing Commission pursuant
to Chapter 29 (§ 59.1-364 et seq.) of Title 59.1, such person shall be guilty
of a Class 1 misdemeanor. For the purposes of this paragraph, venue shall be in
any county or city in which any act was performed in furtherance of any course
of conduct constituting illegal gambling.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-316; 1960, c. 358; 1973, c. 463; 1975, cc. 14, 15;
1992, c. 423; 2011, c. 732.