Current through 2024 First Special Session
Section 29-22B-1703 - Criminal penalty for unauthorized game on authorized video lottery terminal(a) A licensee who places a video lottery game on a video lottery terminal that is allowed under this article without authority of the commission to do so is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall for a first conviction be confined in a county or regional jail for a term of not more than one year, and fined not more than five thousand dollars, except that, in the case of a person other than an individual, the amount of the fine imposed may be not more than twenty-five thousand dollars.(b) A second and each subsequent offense under this section shall be a felony and, upon conviction thereof, the person shall be confined in a state correctional facility for a term of not less than one year nor more than three years and fined not less than five thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars, except that in the case of a person other than an individual, the fine may not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars nor more than fifty thousand dollars.W. Va. Code § 29-22B-1703