                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 58.1-4100)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
		&#8220;Adjusted gross receipts&#8221; means the gross receipts from casino
gaming less winnings paid to winners.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Virginia Lottery Board established in the
Virginia Lottery Law (§ 58.1-4000 et seq.).
		&#8220;Casino gaming&#8221; or &#8220;game&#8221; means baccarat, blackjack,
twenty-one, poker, craps, dice, slot machines, roulette wheels, Klondike tables,
Mah Jongg, electronic table games, hybrid table games, punchboards, faro
layouts, numbers tickets, push cards, jar tickets, or pull tabs, or any
variation of the aforementioned games, and any other activity that is authorized
by the Board as a wagering game or device under this chapter. &#8220;Casino
gaming&#8221; or &#8220;game&#8221; includes on-premises mobile casino gaming.
		&#8220;Casino gaming establishment&#8221; means the premises, including the
entire property located at the address of the licensed casino, upon which lawful
casino gaming is authorized and licensed as provided in this chapter.
&#8220;Casino gaming establishment&#8221; does not include a riverboat or
similar vessel.
		&#8220;Casino gaming operator&#8221; means any person issued a license by the
Board to operate a casino gaming establishment.
		&#8220;Cheat&#8221; means to alter the selection criteria that determine the
result of a game or the amount or frequency of payment in a game for the purpose
of obtaining an advantage for one or more participants in a game over other
participants in a game.
		&#8220;Counter check&#8221; means an interest-free negotiable instrument for a
specified amount executed by a player and held by the casino that serves as
evidence of the casino gaming patron&#8217;s obligation to pay the casino and
that can be exchanged by the casino gaming patron for the specified amount in
chips, tokens, credits, electronic credits, electronic cash, or electronic
cards.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the independent agency responsible for the
administration of the Virginia Lottery created in the Virginia Lottery Law (§
58.1-4000 et seq.).
		&#8220;Director&#8221; means the Director of the Virginia Lottery.
		&#8220;Eligible host city&#8221; means any city described in § 58.1-4107 in
which a casino gaming establishment is authorized to be located.
		&#8220;Entity&#8221; means a person that is not a natural person.
		&#8220;Gaming operation&#8221; means the conduct of authorized casino gaming
within a casino gaming establishment.
		&#8220;Gross receipts&#8221; means the total amount of money exchanged for the
purchase of chips, tokens, electronic credits, electronic cash, or electronic
cards by casino gaming patrons. &#8220;Gross receipts&#8221; shall not include
the cash value of promotions or credits provided to and exchanged by casino
gaming patrons for chips, tokens, electronic credits, electronic cash, or
electronic cards. &#8220;Gross receipts&#8221; shall also not include
uncollectable counter checks.
		&#8220;Immediate family&#8221; means (i) a spouse and (ii) any other person
residing in the same household as an officer or employee and who is a dependent
of the officer or employee or of whom the officer or employee is a dependent.
		&#8220;Individual&#8221; means a natural person.
		&#8220;Licensee&#8221; or &#8220;license holder&#8221; means any person
holding an operator&#8217;s license under § 58.1-4111.
		&#8220;On-premises mobile casino gaming&#8221; means casino gaming offered by
a casino gaming operator at a casino gaming establishment using a computer
network of both federal and nonfederal interoperable packet-switched data
networks through which the casino gaming operator may offer casino gaming to
individuals who have established an on-premises mobile casino gaming account
with the casino gaming operator and who are physically present on the premises
of the casino gaming establishment, as authorized by regulations promulgated by
the Board.
		&#8220;Permit holder&#8221; means any person holding a supplier or service
permit pursuant to this chapter.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; means an individual, partnership, joint venture,
association, limited liability company, stock corporation, or nonstock
corporation and includes any person that directly or indirectly controls or is
under common control with another person.
		&#8220;Preferred casino gaming operator&#8221; means the proposed casino
gaming establishment and operator thereof submitted by an eligible host city to
the Board as an applicant for licensure.
		&#8220;Prepaid access instrument&#8221; means a system device that allows a
casino gaming patron access to funds that have been paid in advance and can be
retrieved or transferred at some point in the future through such a device. In
order to transfer funds for gaming purposes, a prepaid access instrument shall
be redeemed for tokens, chips, credits, electronic credits, electronic cash,
electronic cards, or used in conjunction with an approved cashless wagering
system or interactive gaming account.
		&#8220;Principal&#8221; means any individual who solely or together with his
immediate family members (i) owns or controls, directly or indirectly, five
percent or more of the pecuniary interest in any entity that is a licensee or
(ii) has the power to vote or cause the vote of five percent or more of the
voting securities or other ownership interests of such entity, and any person
who manages a gaming operation on behalf of a licensee.
		&#8220;Professional sports&#8221; means the same as such term is defined in §
58.1-4030.
		&#8220;Security&#8221; has the same meaning as provided in § 13.1-501. If the
Board finds that any obligation, stock, or other equity interest creates control
of or voice in the management operations of an entity in the manner of a
security, then such interest shall be considered a security.
		&#8220;Sports betting&#8221; means the same as such term is defined in §
58.1-4030.
		&#8220;Sports betting facility&#8221; means an area, kiosk, or device located
inside a casino gaming establishment licensed pursuant to this chapter that is
designated for sports betting.
		&#8220;Supplier&#8221; means any person that sells or leases, or contracts to
sell or lease, any casino gaming equipment, devices, or supplies, or provides
any management services, to a licensee.
		&#8220;Voluntary exclusion program&#8221; means a program established by the
Board pursuant to § 58.1-4103 that allows individuals to voluntarily exclude
themselves from engaging in the activities described in subdivision B 1 of §
58.1-4103 by placing their names on a voluntary exclusion list and following the
procedures set forth by the Board.
		&#8220;Youth sports&#8221; means the same as such term is defined in §
58.1-4030.

HISTORY: 2020, cc. 1197, 1248; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 7, 351, 352; 2022, cc.
589, 590.