                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

LICENSE REQUIRED FOR &#8220;INSTANT TICKET&#8221; GAMES OR CONTESTS (§
58.1-4019.1)

No person who owns or is employed by any retail establishment in the
Commonwealth shall use any &#8220;instant ticket&#8221; game or contest for the
purpose of promoting or furthering the sale of any product without first
obtaining a license to do so from the Director. For the purposes of this
section, an &#8220;instant ticket&#8221; game or contest means a game of chance
played on a paper ticket or card where (i) a person may receive gifts, prizes,
or gratuities and (ii) winners are determined by preprinted concealed letters,
numbers, or symbols which, when exposed, reveal immediately whether the player
has won a prize or entry into a prize drawing, but shall not include any
&#8220;instant ticket&#8221; game or contest licensed by the Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services pursuant to Article 1.1:1 (§ 18.2-340.15 et
seq.) of Title 18.2. The fact that no purchase is required in order to
participate shall not exclude such game or contest from the provisions of this
section; however, nothing in this section shall prohibit any retail
establishment from using a Virginia lottery ticket to promote or further the
sale of any products except those having both a federal and state excise tax
placed on them. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be
guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

HISTORY: 1996, cc. 462, 505; 2003, c. 884; 2008, cc. 387, 689.