                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CONDUCT OF CASINO GAMING (§ 58.1-4122)

A. Casino gaming may be conducted by licensed operators, subject to the
following:

   1. Minimum and maximum wagers on games shall be set by Department regulations.

   2. Agents of the Department, the Department of State Police, and the local
   law-enforcement and fire departments may enter any casino gaming establishment
   and inspect such facility at any time for the purpose of determining
   compliance with this chapter and other applicable fire prevention and safety
   laws.

   3. Employees of the Department shall have the right to be present in any
   facilities under the control of the licensee.

   4. Gaming equipment, devices, and supplies customarily used in conducting
   casino gaming shall be purchased or leased only from suppliers holding permits
   for such purpose under this chapter.

   5. Persons licensed under this chapter shall permit no form of wagering on
   games except as permitted by this chapter.

   6. Wagers may be received only from a person present at the licensed casino
   gaming establishment. No person present at such facility shall place or
   attempt to place a wager on behalf of another person who is not present at the
   facility.

   7. No person under age 21 shall be permitted to make a wager under this
   chapter or be present where casino gaming is being conducted. A licensee or
   permit holder may employ persons between the ages of 18 and 21 for positions
   in nongaming areas and such employees may traverse the gaming floor, while on
   duty.

   8. No person shall place or accept a wager on youth sports.

   9. No licensee or permit holder shall accept postdated checks in payment for
   participation in any gaming operation. No licensee or permit holder, or any
   person on the premises of a casino gaming establishment, shall extend lines of
   credit or accept any credit card or other electronic fund transfer in payment
   for participation in any gaming operation. A licensee or permit holder may
   accept prepaid access instruments. In order to transfer funds for gaming
   purposes, a prepaid access instrument must 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. A licensee or permit holder may issue interest-free counter checks to
   a player provided (i) the player submits an application and (ii) the licensee
   or permit holder verifies funds sufficient to cover the face value of the
   counter check. Such counter checks shall be subject to the tax reporting
   requirements under state and federal law. Nothing shall preclude a player from
   making a wire transfer to licensees or permit holders.

B. Casino gaming wagers shall be conducted only with tokens, chips, electronic
credits, electronic cash, or electronic cards purchased from a licensed casino
gaming operator. The conversion of cash to tokens, chips, credits, electronic
credits, electronic cash, or electronic cards at a slot machine or any other
casino game is permissible and does not constitute conducting a wager. Such
tokens, chips, credits, electronic credits, electronic cash, or electronic cards
may be used only for the purpose of (i) making wagers on games, (ii) redeeming
for cash or check, or (iii) making a donation to a charitable entity granted
tax-exempt status under &#xA7; 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided
that the donated tokens, chips, credits, electronic credits, electronic cash, or
electronic cards are redeemed by the same charitable entity accepting the
donation. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to sports betting in
a sports betting facility, which may be conducted using cash.

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