58.1-4019.1 - License required for "instant ticket" games or contests.
§ 58.1-4019.1. License required for "instant ticket" games or contests.
No person who owns or is employed by any retail establishment in theCommonwealth shall use any "instant ticket" game or contest for the purposeof promoting or furthering the sale of any product without first obtaining alicense to do so from the Director. For the purposes of this section, an"instant ticket" game or contest means a game of chance played on a paperticket or card where (i) a person may receive gifts, prizes, or gratuitiesand (ii) winners are determined by preprinted concealed letters, numbers, orsymbols which, when exposed, reveal immediately whether the player has won aprize or entry into a prize drawing, but shall not include any "instantticket" game or contest licensed by the Department of Agriculture andConsumer Services pursuant to Article 1.1:1 (§ 18.2-340.15 et seq.) of Title18.2. The fact that no purchase is required in order to participate shall notexclude such game or contest from the provisions of this section; however,nothing in this section shall prohibit any retail establishment from using aVirginia lottery ticket to promote or further the sale of any products exceptthose having both a federal and state excise tax placed on them. Any personconvicted of a violation of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3misdemeanor.
(1996, cc. 462, 505; 2003, c. 884; 2008, cc. 387, 689.)