                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OPERATION OF GAMBLING DEVICES AT UNREGULATED LOCATIONS; CIVIL PENALTY (§
18.2-331.1)

A. In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who conducts,
finances, manages, supervises, directs, sells, or owns a gambling device that is
located in an unregulated location is subject to a civil penalty of up to
$25,000 for each gambling device located in such unregulated location.

B. The Attorney General, an attorney for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for
any locality may cause an action in equity to be brought in the name of the
Commonwealth or of the locality, as applicable, to immediately enjoin the
operation of a gambling device in violation of this section and to request an
attachment against all such devices and any moneys within such devices pursuant
to Chapter 20 (&#xA7; 8.01-533 et seq.) of Title 8.01, and to recover the civil
penalty of up to $25,000 per device.

C. In any action brought under this section, the Attorney General, the attorney
for the Commonwealth, or the attorney for the locality may recover reasonable
expenses incurred by the state or local agency in investigating and preparing
the case, and attorney fees.

D. Any civil penalties assessed under this section in an action in equity
brought in the name of the Commonwealth shall be paid into the Literary Fund.
Any civil penalties assessed under this section in an action in equity brought
in the name of a locality shall be paid into the general fund of the locality.

HISTORY: 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 329, 546; 2022, c. 553.