Va Code Illegal Gambling
Posted : admin On 4/8/2022'Illegal gambling' means the making, placing or receipt, of any bet orwager in this Commonwealth of money or other thing of value, made in exchangefor 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 outcomeof which is uncertain or a matter of chance, whether such game, contest orevent, occurs or is to occur inside or outside the limits of thisCommonwealth. Except as otherwise provided in this article, any person who illegally gambles or engages in interstate gambling as defined in § 18.2-325 shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.
Va Gambling Laws
All money, gambling devices, office equipment and other personal property used in connection with an illegal gambling enterprise or activity, and all money, stakes and things of value received or proposed to be received by a winner in any illegal gambling transaction, which are lawfully seized by any law-enforcement officer or which shall lawfully come into his custody, shall be forfeited to the Commonwealth in accordance with the procedures contained in Chapter 22.1 (§ 19.2-386.1 et seq.).
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History
Va Gambling Bill
Code 1950, §§ 18.1-321, 18.1-323, 18.1-333, 18.1-341; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15, 576, § 18.2-336; 2004, c. 995; 2012, cc. 283, 756.