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WV Code § 29-22D-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22D. West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act|§29-22D-20. Crimes and Penalties Related to Unauthorized Sports Wagering Operations

(a) Any person, other than a licensee under this article, who engages in accepting, facilitating, or operating a sports wagering operation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or confined in jail for not more than ninety days, or both fined and confined.(b) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions §29-22D-20(a) of this code, any person convicted of a second violation of §29-22D-20(a) of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000, or confined in jail for not more than six months, or both fined and confined.(c) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of §29-22D-20(a) or §29-22D-20(b) of this code, any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of said §29-22D-20(a) of this code is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25,000 nor more than $100,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both fined and confined.
WV Code § 29-22D-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22D. West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act|§29-22D-22. Preemption

No local law or rule providing any penalty, disability, restriction, regulation, or prohibition for operating a gaming facility with West Virginia Lottery sports wagering or supplying a licensed gaming facility may be enacted, and the provisions of this article preempt all regulations, rules, ordinances, and laws of any county or municipality in conflict with this article.
WV Code § 29-22D-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22D. West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act|§29-22D-23. Exemption From Federal Law

Pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1172, approved January 2, 1951, the State of West Virginia, acting by and through duly elected and qualified members of the Legislature, does declare and proclaim that the state is exempt from chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1171 to §1178.
WV Code § 29-22D-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22D. West Virginia Lottery Sports Wagering Act|§29-22D-24. Shipment of Gambling Devices

All shipments of gambling devices including any sports wagering devices or related materials to licensed gaming facilities in this state are legal shipments of gambling devices into the State of West Virginia, as long as the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been completed by the supplier thereof in accordance with Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1171 to §1178.
WV Code § 29-22E-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-1. Short Title

This article shall be known and may be cited as the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act.
WV Code § 29-22E-7 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-7. Management Services Providers; License Requirements

(a) License. — The holder of a license to operate West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering may contract with an entity to conduct that operation in accordance with the rules of the commission. That entity shall obtain a license as a management services provider prior to the execution of any such contract, and such license shall be issued pursuant to the provisions of this article and any rules promulgated by the commission.(b) License qualifications and fee. — Each applicant for a management services provider license shall meet all requirements for licensure and pay a nonrefundable license and application fee of $100,000. The commission may adopt rules establishing additional requirements for an authorized management services provider. The commission may accept licensing by another jurisdiction, that it specifically determines to have similar licensing requirements, as evidence the applicant meets authorized management services provider licensing requirements.(c) Renewal. — Management services provider licenses shall be renewed annually to any licensee who continues to be in compliance with all requirements and who pays the annual renewal fee of $100,000. (d) Any entity or individual who shares in revenue, including any affiliate operating under a revenue share agreement, shall be licensed under this section.
WV Code § 29-22E-8 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-8. Suppliers; License Requirements

(a) Supplier license. — (1) The commission may issue a supplier license to a person to sell or lease interactive wagering equipment, systems, or other gaming items necessary to conduct interactive wagering, and offer services related to such equipment or other gaming items to a West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering licensee while the license is active. The commission may establish the conditions under which the commission may issue provisional licenses, pending completion of final action on an application.(2) The commission may adopt rules establishing additional requirements for a West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering supplier and any system or other equipment utilized for wagering. The commission may accept licensing by another jurisdiction, that it specifically determines to have similar licensing requirements, as evidence the applicant meets West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering supplier licensing requirements.(b) Supplier specifications. — An applicant for a supplier license shall demonstrate that the equipment, system, or services that the applicant plans to offer to the interactive wagering licensee conform to standards established by the commission and applicable state law. The commission may accept approval by another jurisdiction, that it specifically determines have similar equipment standards, as evidence the applicant meets the standards established by the commission and applicable state law.(c) License application and renewal fees. — Applicants shall pay to the commission a nonrefundable license and application fee in the amount of $10,000. After the initial one-year term, the commission shall renew supplier licenses annually thereafter. Renewal of a supplier license will be granted to any renewal applicant who has continued to comply with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, upon submission of the commission issued renewal form and payment of a $10,000 renewal fee. (d) Inventory. — A licensed interactive wagering supplier shall submit to the commission a list of all interactive wagering equipment and services sold, delivered to, or offered to a West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering licensee in this state, as required by the commission, all of which must be tested and approved by an independent testing laboratory approved by the commission. An interactive wagering licensee may continue to use supplies acquired from a licensed interactive wagering supplier, even if a suppliers license expires or is otherwise cancelled, unless the commission finds a defect in the supplies.
WV Code § 29-22E-9 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-9. Occupational Licenses

(a) All persons employed to be engaged directly in interactive wagering-related activities, or otherwise conducting or operating interactive wagering, shall be licensed by the commission and maintain a valid occupational license at all times and the commission shall issue such license to be employed in the operation of interactive wagering to a person who meets the requirements of this section.(b) An occupational license to be employed by a gaming facility with West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering permits the licensee to be employed in the capacity designated by the commission while the license is still active. The commission may establish, by rule, job classifications with different requirements to recognize the extent to which a particular job has the ability to impact the proper operation of West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering.(c) Application and fee. — Applicants shall submit any required application forms established by the commission and pay a nonrefundable application fee of $100. The fee may be paid on behalf of an applicant by the employer.(d) Renewal fee and form. — Each licensed employee shall pay to the commission an annual license fee of $100 by June 30 of each year. The fee may be paid on behalf of the licensed employee by the employer. In addition to a renewal fee, each licensed employee shall annually submit a renewal application on the form required by the commission.
WV Code § 29-22E-10 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-10. License Prohibitions

(a) The commission may not grant any license, pursuant to the provisions of this article, if evidence satisfactory to the commission exists that the applicant:(1) Has knowingly made a false statement of a material fact to the commission;(2) Has been suspended from operating a gambling game, gaming device, or gaming operation, or had a license revoked by any governmental authority responsible for regulation of gaming activities;(3) Has been convicted of a gambling-related offense, a theft or fraud offense, or has otherwise demonstrated, either by a police record or other satisfactory evidence, a lack of respect for law and order; or(4) Is a company or individual who has been directly employed by any illegal or offshore book that serviced the United States, or otherwise accepted black market wagers from individuals located in the United States. (b) The commission may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license:(1) If the applicant or licensee has not demonstrated to the satisfaction of the commission financial responsibility sufficient to adequately meet the requirements of the proposed enterprise;(2) If the applicant or licensee is not the true owner of the business or is not the sole owner and has not disclosed the existence or identity of other persons who have an ownership interest in the business; or(3) If the applicant or licensee is a corporation which sells more than five percent of a licensees voting stock, or more than five percent of the voting stock of a corporation which controls the licensee, or sells a licensees assets, other than those bought and sold in the ordinary course of business, or any interest in the assets, to any person not already determined by the commission to have met the qualifications of a licensee under this article.(c) In the case of an applicant for an interactive wagering license, the commission may deny a license to any applicant, reprimand any licensee, or suspend or revoke a license if an applicant has not met the requirements of this section or any other provision of this article.
WV Code § 29-22E-11 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-11. Interactive Wagering House Rules; Posting of Rules

(a) Each operator shall adopt comprehensive house rules for game play governing interactive wagering transactions with its patrons. These comprehensive rules will be published as part of the minimum internal control standards. The rules shall specify the amounts to be paid on winning wagers and the effect of schedule changes. House rules shall be approved by the commission prior to implementation.(b) The house rules, together with any other information the commission deems appropriate, shall be conspicuously displayed and included in the terms and conditions of the interactive wagering system. Copies shall be made readily available to patrons. (c) The commission shall license and require the display of West Virginia Lottery game logos on interactive wagering platforms and any locations the commission considers appropriate.
WV Code § 29-22E-13 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-13. Posting of Betting Limits

An interactive wagering licensee shall conspicuously post a sign at each West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering location and on all interactive gaming platforms indicating the minimum and maximum wagers permitted at that location and shall comply with the same.
WV Code § 29-22E-15 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-15. Authorization of Interactive Wagering in This State; Requirements

(a) An operator shall accept wagers on interactive games authorized under this article from persons physically present in a licensed gaming facility where authorized interactive wagering occurs. A person placing a wager shall be at least 21 years of age.(b) An operator may accept wagers from an individual physically located within this state using a mobile or other digital platform or an interactive wagering device, approved by the commission, through the patrons interactive wagering account. A person placing a wager shall be at least 21 years of age.(c) An operator may accept wagers from an individual physically located in a state or jurisdiction with which the commission has entered into an interactive wagering agreement using a mobile or other digital platform or an interactive wagering device through the patrons interactive wagering account, so long as the device or platform is approved by the commission and all other requirements of the agreement are satisfied.(d) The commission or operator may ban any person from entering a gaming area of a gaming facility conducting interactive wagering or the grounds of a gaming facility licensed under this article or from participating in the play or operation of any West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering. A log of all excluded players shall be kept by the commission and each licensee, and no player on the commissions exclusion list or the licensed operators exclusion list shall wager on any West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering under this article. (e) The commission shall promulgate rules implementing the provisions of §29-22E-15(a) and §29-22E-15(b) of this code by interpretive rule and minimum internal control standards.(f) The commission shall conduct all interactive wagering pursuant to the provisions of this article, and such gaming activities shall be deemed to occur at the licensed gaming facilities authorized to conduct interactive wagering.(g) No licensed gaming facility employee may place a wager on any interactive wagering at the employers facility or through any other mobile application or digital platform of their employer.(h) No commission employee may knowingly wager or be paid any prize from any wager placed at any licensed gaming facility with West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering within this state or at any facility outside this jurisdiction that is directly or indirectly owned or operated by a West Virginia interactive wagering licensee.
WV Code § 29-22E-17 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-17. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Fund; Distribution of Funds

(a) The special fund in the State Treasury known as the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Fund is hereby created and all moneys collected under this article by the commission shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to the West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Fund. The fund shall be an interest-bearing account with all interest or other return earned on the money of the fund credited to and deposited in the fund. All expenses of the commission incurred in the administration and enforcement of this article shall be paid from the interactive wagering fund pursuant to §29-22E-17(b) of this code.(b) The commission shall deduct an amount sufficient to reimburse its actual costs and expenses incurred in administering interactive wagering at licensed gaming facilities from the gross deposits into the interactive wagering fund. The amount remaining after the deduction for administrative expenses is the net profit.(1) Administrative allowance. — The commission shall retain up to 15 percent of gross deposits for the fund operation and its administrative expenses: Provided, That in the event that the percentage allotted for operations and administration generates a surplus, the surplus shall be allowed to accumulate but may not exceed $250,000. On a monthly basis, the director shall report any surplus in excess of $250,000 to the Joint Committee on Government and Finance and remit the entire amount of those surplus funds in excess of $250,000 to the State Treasurer which shall be allocated as net profit. (2) Distribution to pension plan for racing association employees. — In each fiscal year, the Lottery Commission shall deposit one-quarter of a percent of the net profit into each of the four special funds established by the Racing Commission, pursuant to §29-22A-10 and §29-22C-27 of this code, to be used for payment into the pension plan for the employees of the licensed racing associations in this state.(3) Distribution of net profit. — In each fiscal year, remaining net profit shall be deposited into the State Lottery Fund created by §29-22-18 of this code unless otherwise required by this code.
WV Code § 29-22E-18 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-18. Law Enforcement

Notwithstanding any provision of this code to the contrary, the commission shall, by contract or cooperative agreement with the West Virginia State Police, arrange for those law-enforcement services uniquely related to interactive wagering, as such occurs at facilities of the type authorized by this article, that are necessary to enforce the provisions of this article that are not subject to federal jurisdiction: Provided, That the State Police shall only have exclusive jurisdiction over offenses committed on the grounds of a licensed gaming facility that are offenses relating to interactive wagering.
WV Code § 29-22E-19 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-19. Civil Penalties

(a) The commission may impose, on any person who violates the provisions of this article, a civil penalty not to exceed $50,000 for each violation. Such penalty shall be imposed on all individuals and is not limited to individuals licensed under this article. (b) The provisions of §29A-5-1 et seq. of this code apply to any civil penalty imposed pursuant to the provisions of this section.
WV Code § 29-22E-20 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-20. Crimes and Penalties Related to Unauthorized Interactive Wagering Operations

(a) Any person, other than a licensee under this article, who engages in accepting, facilitating, or operating an interactive wagering operation is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or confined in jail for not more than 90 days, or both fined and confined.(b) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of §29-22E-20(a) of this code, any person convicted of a second violation of §29-22E-20(a) of this code is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $50,000, or confined in jail for not more than six months, or both fined and confined.(c) Notwithstanding the penalty provisions of §29-22E-20(a) or §29-22E-20(b) of this code, any person convicted of a third or subsequent violation of §29-22E-20(a) of this code is guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than $25,000 nor more than $100,000 or imprisoned in a state correctional facility for not less than one year nor more than five years, or both fined and confined.
WV Code § 29-22E-22 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-22. Preemption

No local law or rule providing any penalty, disability, restriction, regulation, or prohibition for operating a gaming facility with West Virginia Lottery interactive wagering or supplying a licensed gaming facility may be enacted, and the provisions of this article preempt all regulations, rules, ordinances, and laws of any county or municipality in conflict with this article.
WV Code § 29-22E-23 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-23. Exemption From Federal Law

Pursuant to Section 2 of Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1172, approved January 2, 1951, the State of West Virginia, acting by and through duly elected and qualified members of the Legislature, does declare and proclaim that the state is exempt from Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1171 to §1178.
WV Code § 29-22E-24 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 22E. West Virginia Lottery Interactive Wagering Act|§29-22E-24. Shipment of Gambling Devices

All shipments of gambling devices including any interactive wagering devices or related materials to licensed gaming facilities in this state are legal shipments of gambling devices into the State of West Virginia, as long as the registering, recording, and labeling of which have been completed by the supplier thereof in accordance with Chapter 1194, 64 Stat. 1134, 15 U.S.C. §1171 to §1178.
WV Code § 29-23-1 (2021)
2021 West Virginia Code|Chapter 29. Miscellaneous Boards and Officers|Article 23. West Virginia Boundary Commission|§29-23-1. Definitions

As used in this article:(a) The term "boundary line dispute" means any property line of the state, county or a municipality that is in question as to its specific physical location.(b) The term "West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey" means that entity established by article two, chapter twenty-nine of this code.