Article 22 - STATE LOTTERY ACT
- Section 29-22-1 - Short title
- Section 29-22-2 - Legislative findings and intent
- Section 29-22-3 - Definitions
- Section 29-22-4 - State Lottery Commission created; composition; qualifications; appointment; terms of office; chairman's removal; vacancies; compensation and expenses; quorum; oath and bond
- Section 29-22-5 - State lottery commission; powers and duties; cooperation of other agencies
- Section 29-22-6 - Lottery director; appointment; qualifications; oath and bond; salary
- Section 29-22-7 - Divisions of the state lottery office
- Section 29-22-8 - Lottery director; powers and duties; deputy directors; hiring of staff; civil service coverage; submission of proposed appropriations
- Section 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
- Section 29-22-9a - Veterans instant lottery scratch-off game
- Section 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
- Section 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
- Section 29-22-12 - Crimes; forgery, counterfeiting, etc. of lottery tickets; penalties
- Section 29-22-13 - Prohibited acts; conflict of interest; prohibited gifts and gratuities
- Section 29-22-14 - Administrative violations of articles; hearing; administrative penalties
- Section 29-22-15 - Payment of prizes to minors
- Section 29-22-15a - Option for winners of draw games to remain anonymous
- Section 29-22-16 - Disposition of unclaimed prize money
- Section 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
- Section 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
- Section 29-22-18a - State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
- Section 29-22-18b - Definition of term "state employees"
- Section 29-22-18c - Increase in allocation to Higher education Improvement Fund from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
- Section 29-22-18d - Increase in allocation to West Virginia Infrastructure Fund from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
- Section 29-22-18e - Increase in allocation to State Park Improvement Fund from State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund to permit the issuance of bonds for improvements to Cacapon Resort State Park and Beech Fork State Park
- Section 29-22-18f - Backup pledge of bonds supported by the State Lottery Fund and the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund; payment of bond debt service
- Section 29-22-18g - [Effective 6/3/2024] Additional allocation of net profits from the State Lottery Fund to Fire Protection Fund, County Fire Protection Fund and All County Fire Protection Fund
- Section 29-22-19 - Post audit of accounts and transactions of office
- Section 29-22-20 - Monthly and annual reports
- Section 29-22-21 - Officials who may appear at lottery drawing
- Section 29-22-22 - Repealed
- Section 29-22-23 - Procurement; disclosures by vendors and related persons and entities; authorizing background investigation; unenforceability of contracts in contravention of section
- Section 29-22-24 - Disclosures by vendors and related persons and entities of political contributions
- Section 29-22-25 - Preemption of state laws or local regulation
- Section 29-22-26 - Repealed
- Section 29-22-27 - Penalties for criminal violations
- Section 29-22-27a - Payment of prizes to the bureau for child support enforcement
- Section 29-22-28 - Severability
- Section 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
- Section 29-22-30 - Methods of payment for lottery prizes
- Section 29-22-31 - [Effective 6/7/2024] Responsible Gaming and Research and Industry Development Act; gaming data research and analysis for scholarly purposes; higher education curriculum