                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-325)

1. &#8220;Illegal gambling&#8221; means the making, placing, or receipt of any
bet or wager in the Commonwealth of money or other consideration or thing of
value, made in exchange for a chance to win a prize, stake, or other
consideration or thing of value, dependent upon the result of any game, contest,
or any other event the outcome of which is uncertain or a matter of chance,
whether such game, contest, or event occurs or is to occur inside or outside the
limits of the Commonwealth.
			For the purposes of this subdivision and notwithstanding any provision in
this section to the contrary, the making, placing, or receipt of any bet or
wager of money or other consideration or thing of value shall include the
purchase of a product, Internet access, or other thing made in exchange for a
chance to win a prize, stake, or other consideration or thing of value by means
of the operation of a gambling device as described in subdivision 3 b,
regardless of whether the chance to win such prize, stake, or other
consideration or thing of value may be offered in the absence of a purchase.
			&#8220;Illegal gambling&#8221; also means the playing or offering for play of
any skill game.

2. &#8220;Interstate gambling&#8221; means the conduct of an enterprise for
profit that engages in the purchase or sale within the Commonwealth of any
interest in a lottery of another state or country whether or not such interest
is an actual lottery ticket, receipt, contingent promise to pay, order to
purchase, or other record of such interest.

3. &#8220;Gambling device&#8221; includes:
			a. Any device, machine, paraphernalia, equipment, or other thing, including
books, records, and other papers, which are actually used in an illegal gambling
operation or activity;
			b. Any machine, apparatus, implement, instrument, contrivance, board, or
other thing, or electronic or video versions thereof, including but not limited
to those dependent upon the insertion of a coin or other object for their
operation, which operates, either completely automatically or with the aid of
some physical act by the player or operator, in such a manner that, depending
upon elements of chance, it may eject something of value or determine the prize
or other thing of value to which the player is entitled, provided, however, that
the return to the user of nothing more than additional chances or the right to
use such machine is not deemed something of value within the meaning of this
subsection; and provided further, that machines that only sell, or entitle the
user to, items of merchandise of equivalent value that may differ from each
other in composition, size, shape, or color, shall not be deemed gambling
devices within the meaning of this subsection; and
			c. Skill games.
			Such devices are no less gambling devices if they indicate beforehand the
definite result of one or more operations but not all the operations. Nor are
they any less a gambling device because, apart from their use or adaptability as
such, they may also sell or deliver something of value on a basis other than
chance.

4. &#8220;Operator&#8221; includes any person, firm, or association of persons,
who conducts, finances, manages, supervises, directs, or owns all or part of an
illegal gambling enterprise, activity, or operation.

5. &#8220;Skill&#8221; means the knowledge, dexterity, or any other ability or
expertise of a natural person.

6. &#8220;Skill game&#8221; means an electronic, computerized, or mechanical
contrivance, terminal, machine, or other device that requires the insertion of a
coin, currency, ticket, token, or similar object to operate, activate, or play a
game, the outcome of which is determined by any element of skill of the player
and that may deliver or entitle the person playing or operating the device to
receive cash or cash equivalents, gift cards, vouchers, billets, tickets,
tokens, or electronic credits to be exchanged for cash or cash equivalents
whether the payoff is made automatically from the device or manually.
&#8220;Skill game&#8221; includes (i) a device that contains a meter or
measurement device that records the number of free games or portions of games
that are rewarded and (ii) a device designed or adapted to enable a person using
the device to increase the chances of winning free games or portions of games by
paying more than the amount that is ordinarily required to play the game.
&#8220;Skill game&#8221; does not include any amusement device, as defined in
&#xA7; 18.2-334.6.

7. &#8220;Unregulated location&#8221; means any location that is not regulated
or operated by the Virginia Lottery or Virginia Lottery Board, the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control
Authority, or the Virginia Racing Commission.

HISTORY: 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1992, c. 423; 2010, c. 877; 2011, cc. 879, 887; 2019,
c. 761; 2020, cc. 1217, 1277; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 329, 546; 2022, cc. 554,
609; 2022, Sp. Sess. I, c. 2; 2023, Sp. Sess. I, c. 1.