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2010 West Virginia Code
CHAPTER 29. MISCELLANEOUS BOARDS AND OFFICERS
ARTICLE 22. STATE LOTTERY ACT.
- §29-22-1. Short title.
- §29-22-2. Legislative findings and intent.
- §29-22-3. Definitions.
- §29-22-4. State lottery commission created; composition; qualifications; appointment; terms of office; chairman's removal; vacancies; compensation and expenses; quorum; oath and bond.
- §29-22-5. State lottery commission; powers and duties; cooperation of other agencies.
- §29-22-6. Lottery director; appointment; qualifications; oath and bond; salary.
- §29-22-7. Divisions of the state lottery office.
- §29-22-8. Lottery director; powers and duties; deputy directors; hiring of staff; civil service coverage; submission of proposed appropriations.
- §29-22-9. Initiation and operation of lottery; restrictions; prohibited themes, games, machines or devices; distinguishing numbers; winner selection; public drawings; witnessing of results; testing and inspection of equipment; price of tickets; claim for and payment of prizes; invalid, counterfeit tickets; estimated prizes and odds of winning; participant bound by lottery rules and validation procedures; security procedures; additional games; electronic and computer systems.
- §29-22-9a. Veterans instant lottery scratch-off game.
- §29-22-10. Licensed lottery sales agents; restrictions; annual license and fee; factors; application; bond; age; nonassignable license; organizations qualified; commissions; display of license; geographic distribution; monopoly prohibited; lottery retailers; preprinted instant type lottery tickets; fee; certificate of authority; security; bond.
- §29-22-11. Prohibited acts; restrictions on sales agents and retailers; unauthorized sales; sales to minors; gifts to minors; prizes to commission officers and staff prohibited; criminal penalties for prohibited acts.
- §29-22-12. Crimes; forgery, counterfeiting, etc. of lottery tickets; penalties.
- §29-22-13. Prohibited acts; conflict of interest; prohibited gifts and gratuities.
- §29-22-14. Administrative violations of articles; hearing; administrative penalties.
- §29-22-15. Payment of prizes to minors.
- §29-22-16. Disposition of unclaimed prize money.
- §29-22-17. Lottery proceeds; accounting therefor; deposit into account of state treasurer; reports; funds to be held in trust; failure to collect, account or deposit; personal liability.
- §29-22-18. State Lottery Fund; appropriations and deposits; not part of general revenue; no transfer of state funds after initial appropriation; use and repayment of initial appropriation; allocation of fund for prizes, net profit and expenses; surplus; State Lottery Education Fund; State Lottery Senior Citizens Fund; allocation and appropriation of net profits.
- §29-22-18a. State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund.
- §29-22-18b. Definition of term "state employees."
- §29-22-18c. Increase in allocation to Higher education Improvement Fund from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund.
- §29-22-19. Post audit of accounts and transactions of office.
- §29-22-20. Monthly and annual reports.
- §29-22-21. Officials who may appear at lottery drawing.
- §29-22-22.
- §29-22-23. Procurement; disclosures by vendors and related persons and entities; authorizing background investigation; unenforceability of contracts in contravention of section.
- §29-22-24. Disclosures by vendors and related persons and entities of political contributions.
- §29-22-25. Preemption of state laws or local regulation.
- §29-22-26.
- §29-22-27. Penalties for criminal violations.
- §29-22-27a. Payment of prizes to the bureau for child support enforcement.
- §29-22-28. Severability.
- §29-22-29. Moneys transferred or allocated to nongovernmental entities are state moneys and have been so in the past; right to audit state moneys transferred to nongovernmental entities.
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