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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-242 — Use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products

Current through 2026 Regular Session

Part of Article 8: Misrepresentations and Other Offenses Connected with Sales, Code of Virginia.

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Full text of Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-242

Statutory text current through the 2026 Regular Session. This publication reproduces the text of the Code of Virginia from the official Virginia Law Portal API published by the Virginia General Assembly's Division of Legislative Automated Systems; it is not the official Code of Virginia.

Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-242Primary source, current through the 2026 Regular Session
(a) No retail establishment in this Commonwealth shall use any game, contest, lottery or other scheme or device, whereby a person or persons may receive gifts, prizes or gratuities as determined by chance for the purpose of promoting, furthering or advertising the sale of any product or products having both a federal and state excise tax placed upon it, and the fact that no purchase is required in order to participate in such game, contest, lottery or scheme shall not exclude such game, contest, lottery or scheme from the provisions of this section. (b) Any person violating the provision of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor.

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Is use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products a felony or a misdemeanor in Virginia?

Use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products is a class 3 misdemeanor in Virginia under Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-242.

Which Virginia statute covers use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products?

Use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products is governed by Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-242 (Use of games, lotteries, etc., for promoting sale of certain products).

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