2006 Code of Virginia § 18.2-333 - Exceptions to article; certain sporting events

18.2-333. Exceptions to article; certain sporting events.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent any contest of speed orskill between men, animals, fowl or vehicles, where participants may receiveprizes or different percentages of a purse, stake or premium dependent uponwhether they win or lose or dependent upon their position or score at the endof such contest.

Any participant who, for the purpose of competing for any such purse, stakeor premium offered in any such contest, knowingly and fraudulently enters anycontestant other than the contestant purported to be entered or knowingly andfraudulently enters a contestant in a class in which it does not belong,shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

(Code 1950, 18.1-319, 18.1-322; 1960, c. 358; 1968, c. 401; 1975, cc. 14,15.)