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Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 70 - SPORTS BETTING › Form - FORMS (11VAC5-70)

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The following forms are available online only at
https://www.valottery.com/aboutus/casinosandsportsbetting
(eff.
				  10/15/2020)
Permit Holder Application
Supplier Application
Vendor Application
Principal Application
Principal Entity Application
Employee Application
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-20 - Sports bettors' bill of rights

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A. A permit holder shall make conspicuously
				available on its platform a link to the Virginia Sports Bettors' Bill of Rights
				on the department's website and afford its players the protections found in
				that document.
B. A permit holder
				may not, as a condition of use of the permit holder's sports betting platform,
				require any player to waive any right, forum, or procedure including the right
				to pursue legal action or to file a complaint with, or otherwise notify, any
				instrument of the state or federal government, including a Commonwealth's
				Attorney, law enforcement, courts, and state and federal agencies, of any
				alleged violation of the sports betting law, this chapter, or any other
				applicable law, regulation, or administrative policy.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-30 - Complaints

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A. A permit holder
				shall develop and publish procedures by which a sports bettor may file a
				complaint with the permit holder in person, in writing, online, or by other
				means about any aspect of the sports betting program.
B. A permit holder shall respond to any such
				complaint in writing, via email, or via live chat within 15 days of the filing
				of the complaint. If a sports bettor requests relief in a complaint and the
				requested relief or part thereof will not be granted, the response to the
				complaint shall state with specificity the reasons for the denial of
				relief.
C. If the response to a
				complaint is that additional information is needed, the form and nature of the
				necessary information shall be specifically stated. When additional information
				is received, further response shall be required within seven days.
D. All complaints received by a permit holder
				from a sports bettor and the permit holder's responses to complaints, including
				email and live chat transcripts, shall be retained by the permit holder for at
				least four years and made available to the department within seven days of any
				request from the department.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-40 - Prohibition on out-of-state betting

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A permit holder shall ensure that only people physically
				  located in Virginia are able to place bets through the permit holder's
				  platform.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-50 - Underage betting

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A. A
				permit holder shall implement age-verification procedures to verify that no
				sports bet is placed by or on behalf of an individual younger than 21 years of
				age.
B. A permit holder shall
				promptly refund any money wagered by or on behalf of a minor and close the
				account. A permit holder may withhold and, if practicable and as approved by
				the department, redistribute to other winners any winnings won by a minor upon
				a good faith determination, following reasonable investigation, that the minor
				misrepresented his age in order to place a sports bet.
C. A permit holder shall make available,
				publish, and facilitate parental control procedures to allow parents or
				guardians to exclude minors from access to any sports betting
				platform.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-60 - Compliance with tax laws; disclosure

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A permit holder shall comply with all applicable tax laws and
				  regulations, including (i) laws and regulations applicable to tax reporting and
				  (ii) laws and regulations applicable to providing information about winnings to
				  taxing authorities and to sports bettors.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-70 - Excluded individuals

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A. A
				permit holder shall take such actions and establish such procedures as may be
				necessary to identify and report to the department any activity prohibited by
				the board's regulations and §
									58.1-4041
				of the Code of Virginia. Such actions and procedures include:
1. Making known to all affected individuals
				and corporate entities the prohibition against disclosure of proprietary or
				nonpublic information that may affect sports betting or the outcome of sports
				betting to any individual permitted to participate in sports betting;
				and
2. Making commercially
				reasonable efforts to exclude individuals prohibited by the sports betting law
				from participating in sports betting. The department shall maintain and
				distribute the Virginia Lottery Exclusion List and a list of self-excluded
				individuals to permit holders for the purpose of monitoring for and excluding
				such individuals from platforms operated by the permit
				holder.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-80 - Corporate responsible gambling policies

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A. A permit holder's website or mobile
				application shall prominently publish a responsible gambling logo in a manner
				approved by the director and shall direct a player to the permit holder's
				responsible gambling page.
B. A
				permit holder's website or mobile application shall contain, at a minimum, the
				following:
1. A prominent message that
				provides a toll-free number approved by the director for individuals to use if
				the individuals suspect they or someone they know may have a gambling problem;
				and
2. A clear statement of the
				permit holder's commitment to responsible gaming and problem gambling
				prevention.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-90 - Sports betting platform features

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A sports betting platform must possess the following
				  features:
1. A prominent link to
				information about the permit holder's self-exclusion program;
2. A mechanism for a player to take note of
				the passage of time;
3. The ability
				to initiate a "cooling off" period such as breaks in play and avoidance of
				excessive play;
4. Practices and
				procedures on the site do not reinforce myths and misconceptions about
				gambling;
5. Information about the
				website's terms and conditions is readily accessible;
6. Promotional or free games do not mislead
				players;
7. Notification to players
				of age-verification procedures;
8.
				Access to credit is prohibited;
9.
				Fund transfers and automatic deposits are prohibited or restricted;
				and
10. Games display credits and
				spending as cash.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-100 - Security of funds and data

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A. A
				permit holder shall comply with all applicable state and federal requirements
				for data security.
B. A permit
				holder shall not share information that could be used to personally identify a
				sports bettor with any third party other than the department, law enforcement
				with a warrant or subpoena, or a credit-reporting agency, except when a better
				provides consent. Information that could be used to personally identify a
				sports bettor includes gaming habits, except when this information has been
				anonymized.
C. Funds in a sports
				bettor's player's account shall be held either
(i) in trust for the sports bettor in a
				segregated account or
(ii) in a
				special-purpose segregated account that is maintained and controlled by a
				properly constituted corporate entity that is not the permit holder and whose
				governing board includes one or more corporate directors who are independent of
				the permit holder and of any corporation related to or controlled by the permit
				holder. A corporate entity that maintains a special purpose segregated account
				shall:
1. Require a unanimous vote of all
				corporate directors to file bankruptcy and have articles of incorporation that
				prohibit commingling of funds with those of the permit holder except as
				necessary to reconcile the accounts of sports bettors with sums owed by those
				sports bettors to the permit holder;
2. Be restricted from incurring debt other
				than to sports bettors pursuant to the rules that govern their user
				accounts;
3. Be restricted from
				taking on obligations of the permit holder other than obligations to sports
				bettors pursuant to the rules that govern their user accounts; and
4. Be prohibited from dissolving, merging, or
				consolidating with another company, other than a special-purpose corporate
				entity established by another permit holder that meets the requirements of this
				section, while there are unsatisfied obligations to sports bettors.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-110 - Limitations on user accounts

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A. A permit holder shall not allow a sports
				bettor to establish more than one user name or more than one user account per
				sports betting platform.
B. A
				permit holder shall take commercially and technologically reasonable measures
				to verify a sports bettor's identity and shall use such information to enforce
				the provisions of this section.
C.
				A permit holder shall implement procedures to terminate all accounts of any
				sports bettor who establishes or seeks to establish more than one user name or
				more than one account whether directly or by use of another individual as
				proxy. Such procedures may allow a sports bettor who establishes or seeks to
				establish more than one user name or more than one account to retain one
				account, provided that the permit holder investigates and makes a good faith
				determination that the sports bettor's conduct was not intended to commit fraud
				or otherwise evade the requirements of this chapter.
D. A permit holder shall not allow a sports
				bettor to use a proxy server for the purpose of misrepresenting the sports
				bettor's location in order to engage in sports betting.
E. A permit holder shall take commercially
				and technologically reasonable measures to prevent one sports bettor from
				acting as a proxy for another. Such measures shall include use of geolocation
				technologies to prevent simultaneous logins to a single account from
				geographically inconsistent locations.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-120 - Protections for at-risk or problem bettors

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A. In accordance with 11VAC5-60, sports
				bettors have the right to self-exclude from and to self-impose restrictions on
				their participation in sports betting in the Commonwealth. Sports bettors may
				self-exclude through the voluntary exclusion program as provided in §
									58.1-4015.1
				of the Code of Virginia or directly with a permit holder. In addition to
				participation in the voluntary exclusion program as provided in §
									58.1-4015.1,
				a permit holder shall honor requests from a sports bettor to self-exclude from
				all sports betting activities for a period of at least 72 hours, to set deposit
				limits, to set limits on the sports bettor's total betting activity, or to
				limit participation to bets below an established limit.
B. A permit holder shall institute and
				prominently publish procedures for sports bettors to implement the restrictions
				provided in subsection A of this section. Such procedures shall include, at a
				minimum:
1. Opportunities to self-exclude
				from or to set self-imposed limits on each permit holder's sports betting
				platform used by that sports bettor to make deposits into a segregated
				account;
2. Options to set pop-up
				warnings concerning sports betting activity: and
3. Options to implement limits and timeouts
				(e.g. cooling off periods). Sports bettors shall have the option to adjust
				self-imposed limits to make the limits more restrictive as often as the sports
				bettors like but shall not have the option to make limits less restrictive
				until the prior restriction has expired.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-130 - Prohibition on the extension of credit

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A permit holder shall not extend credit to a sports
				  bettor.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-140 - Promotional offers

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A. A
				permit holder shall fully and accurately disclose the material terms of all
				promotional offers involving sports betting at the time any such offer is
				advertised and provide full disclosure of the terms of and limitations on the
				offer before the sports bettor provides anything of value in exchange for the
				offer. If the material terms of a promotional offer cannot be fully and
				accurately disclosed within the constraints of a particular advertising medium,
				the material terms and conditions shall be accessed by hyperlink that takes the
				individual directly to the material terms or directs the individual to the site
				to access the offer or bonus terms and in reasonably prominent size.
B. No promotional offer available to a sports
				bettor who sets up a new user account may contain terms that delay full
				implementation of the offer by the permit holder for a period of longer than 90
				days, regardless of the number or amount of wagers in that period by the sports
				bettor.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-150 - Advertising in general

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A. An
				advertisement for sports betting shall disclose the identity of the permit
				holder.
B. An advertisement for
				sports betting may not depict:
1. Minors,
				other than professional athletes who may be minors;
2. Students;
3. Schools or colleges; or
4. School or college settings. Incidental
				depiction of nonfeatured minors shall not be deemed a violation of this
				subsection.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section 11VAC5-80-160 - Restrictions on advertising to minors or at schools or school sporting events

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A. An
				advertisement for sports betting published, disseminated, circulated,
				broadcast, or placed before the public in the Commonwealth shall not be aimed
				exclusively or primarily at minors.
B. A permit holder shall not advertise or run
				promotional activities at elementary or secondary schools or on college
				campuses in the Commonwealth.
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 80 - SPORTS BETTING CONSUMER PROTECTION PROGRAM › Section - DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (11VAC5-80)

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Virginia
				  Sports Bettors' Bill of Rights
Statutory Authority: §§
											58.1-4007,
					 58.1-4015.1,
					 and
					 58.1-4030 through
					 58.1-4047
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-20 - Unclaimed jackpots

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A. A
				player shall have a maximum of 180 days from the date an unclaimed jackpot is
				won to claim it.
B. After 180 days,
				an unclaimed jackpot shall be distributed to the Lottery for deposit in the
				Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund established by § 37.2-314.1 of
				the Code of Virginia.
Statutory Authority: §§ 58.1-4101 and 58.1-4102
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-30 - Waiver request

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A. A
				person seeking an exemption from this chapter shall submit a written waiver
				request in a format specified by the department.
B. A written waiver request shall contain at
				least the following:
1. The regulation for
				which the waiver is sought;
2.
				Detailed facts in support of the waiver request;
3. An explanation of the unique circumstances
				justifying the request; and
4. Any
				other information requested by the department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-40 - Licenses and permits generally

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A. Applications.
1. An applicant for a license or permit shall
				submit an electronic application in the form and format established by the
				department and, as required by the director, may include an original and
				copies.
2. Upon filing of an
				application for a license or permit under this chapter, the applicant shall pay
				by wire transfer the applicable investigation and nonrefundable application
				fees established by the director.
3. If a license or permit application or
				related documentation must be submitted to the director by a particular date,
				the application documents shall be delivered to the director not later than
				11:59:59 p.m. local time at the headquarters of the department on the last day
				of the specified period, and an application or documents submitted after the
				deadline may not be accepted or considered.
4. A person may not submit an application
				earlier than one year after the board has:
a.
				Taken final action on a license or permit denial of a previous application
				involving the applicant;
b. Taken
				final action on a sanction resulting in revocation of a previous application
				involving the applicant; or
c.
				Provided a person with written notice of termination of a temporary
				permit.
5. Documents and
				information submitted to the director in a license or permit application shall
				be verified under oath or affirmation and sworn under the penalties of perjury
				as to their truth and validity by the applicant or, if the applicant is not an
				individual, by an officer or director of the applicant.
6. Upon receipt of an application by the
				department, department staff shall review the application to determine whether
				it contains all the information required under this chapter.
7. If the director determines that the
				required information has not been submitted, department staff shall notify the
				applicant in writing and state the nature of the deficiency.
8. An applicant notified in accordance with
				subdivision 7 of this subsection shall submit the information necessary to
				complete the application not later than 15 days after issuance of the
				notification.
9. Neither the
				director nor the board will consider the application of an applicant that is
				notified in accordance with subdivision 7 of this subsection but fails to
				submit the requested information in a timely manner.
10. The director and the board will consider
				only a timely, complete application.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-50 - Investigations

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A. An applicant for
				a license or permit shall submit to a personal and background investigation
				conducted by the department.
B. A
				person who is required to provide personal and background information under
				this chapter shall provide a statement that irrevocably gives consent to the
				director, department staff and its investigative contractors, and persons
				authorized by the director to:
1. Verify all
				information provided in the application; and
2. Conduct a background investigation of the
				individual.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-60 - Applications for and issuance of facility operator's license

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A. In addition to
				the processes and requirements set out in 11VAC5-90-40 and 11VAC5-90-50, the
				requirements set out in this section shall apply to the applications for a
				facility operator's license and the applicant's related entities and
				individuals.
B. Who may apply.
1. Only a preferred casino gaming operator
				may apply for a facility operator's license.
2. Unless approved in advance by the host
				city and otherwise consistent with the casino gaming law, this chapter, and any
				other law, regulation, or condition of the department related to casino gaming,
				the preferred casino gaming operator may not deviate substantively from the
				plan it submitted to the host city and the department during the certification
				process set out in §§ 58.1-4107 F and 58.1-4109 of the Code of
				Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-70 - Applications for and issuance of supplier permits

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A. In addition to the processes and
				requirements set out in 11VAC5-90-40 and 11VAC5-90-50, the requirements set out
				in this section shall apply to the applications for a supplier permit and the
				applicant's related entities and individuals.
B. There are four categories of suppliers:
1. Contractor;
2. Key manager;
3. Manufacturer; and
4. Slot machine management system
				provider.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-80 - Application for and issuance of service permits

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A. In addition to the processes and
				requirements set out in 11VAC5-90-40 and 11VAC5-90-50, the requirements set out
				in this section shall apply to the applications for a service permit and the
				applicant's related entities and individuals.
B. There are four categories of service
				permits:
1. Gaming employee;
2. Nongaming employee;
3. Vendor-major; and
4. Vendor-minor.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-100 - General facility operator requirements

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A. Purpose.
1. The requirements of this section are in
				addition to any other requirements for licensees and permit holders.
2. The purposes of the casino gaming law and
				this chapter are to assist economic development, promote tourism, and provide
				for the implementation of casino gaming operations of the highest quality,
				honesty, and integrity and free of any corrupt, incompetent, dishonest, or
				unprincipled practices.
3. An
				application for a facility operator's license shall:
a. Be complete before it is fully evaluated
				by the department;
b. Shall include
				such information about the facility and its location as required by the
				department; and
c. Be evaluated as
				to whether:
(1) The application complies with
				the minimum standards provided in the casino gaming law and this chapter;
				and
(2) Gaming operations at the
				proposed location will be in furtherance of the purposes of the casino gaming
				law and this chapter.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-110 - Casino gaming facility internal control standards

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A. Accounting records.
1. A facility operator shall maintain
				complete, accurate, and legible records of all transactions pertaining to the
				revenues and expenses of the facility.
2. General ledger records shall be maintained
				on a double entry system of accounting with transactions recorded on a basis
				consistent with generally accepted accounting principles in the United
				States.
3. Subsidiary ledgers and
				records supporting general ledger records shall be prepared in accordance with
				generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
4. Subsidiary ledgers and records shall
				include, at a minimum, documents that:
a.
				Support the financial statements and all transactions impacting the financial
				statements including contracts or agreements with manufacturers, contractors,
				and management companies;
b.
				Pertain to proceeds including generation of, accounting for, and transmission
				into the Gaming Proceeds Fund (§ 58.1-4125 of the Code of
				Virginia);
c. Identify for each
				casino game on a week-to-date, month-to-date, and year-to-date basis, the:
(1) Handle;
(2) Payout;
(3) Win amount;
(4) Win percentage; and
(5) Average payout percentage;
d. Identify all costs and expenses
				associated with the operation of a facility;
e. Are prepared in compliance with the
				internal controls approved by the department under this chapter; and
f. Relate to:
(1) Loans and other amounts payable by a
				facility operator;
(2) Player
				disputes including player complaint forms filed with the department under this
				section;
(3) Negotiable instruments
				accepted, deposited, returned as uncollected or ultimately written-off by a
				facility operator under this chapter; and
(4) Investments in property and equipment for
				the benefit of a facility.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-120 - Casino gaming facility standards

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A. Hours of operation.
1. A facility operator may not offer fewer
				hours of operation than provided for by law without the prior written approval
				of the director.
2. A facility
				operator that has received approval to offer fewer hours of operation may, upon
				written notice to the director, extend its hours of operation up to and
				including those allowable by law.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-130 - On-premises mobile casino gaming

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A. A facility operator may offer to its
				players at the facility on-premises mobile casino gaming.
B. The on-premises mobile casino gaming
				permitted by under this section shall be subject to the provisions of and may
				be preempted and superseded by any applicable federal law.
C. A facility operator shall locate its
				primary on-premises mobile casino gaming operation, including facilities,
				equipment, and personnel who are directly engaged in the conduct of the gaming,
				within a restricted area of the facility.
D. Backup equipment used on a temporary basis
				may be located off-site with the approval of the department.
E. The area in a facility used to conduct and
				support on-premises mobile casino gaming shall:
1. Be arranged in a manner promoting optimum
				security;
2. Be incorporated into
				the surveillance system installed in the rest of the facility;
3. Meet the standards set by 11VAC5-90-120,
				with department staff allowed access to both the system and the signal of the
				operation;
4. Be designed to permit
				the department to monitor the mobile gaming operations; and
5. Comply in all respects with the casino
				gaming law, this chapter, and any department policy or directives.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-140 - Transportation and testing of casino gaming machines and equipment

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A. Compliance with
				federal law. A person who transports a slot machine, mechanical casino gaming
				machine, or table game equipment shall comply with applicable provisions of 15
				USC §§ 1171-1178, commonly known as the Johnson Act.
B. Transportation.
1. Unless otherwise directed by the director,
				a person shall submit written notice to the department prior to transporting a
				slot machine, mechanical casino gaming machine, or table game
				equipment.
2. A person proposing to
				transport a slot machine, mechanical casino gaming machine, or table game
				equipment shall submit to the director a written notice containing:
a. Name and address of person initiating
				transportation;
b. Reason for
				transportation;
c. Method of
				transportation;
d. Name of and
				address of carrier;
e. Anticipated
				beginning and end dates of transportation;
f. Name and address of destination;
g. Name and address of
				manufacturer;
h. Manufacturer's
				serial number;
i. Model
				number;
j. Description;
				and
k. Any other information
				requested by the department.
3. The person proposing to transport or
				transporting a slot machine, mechanical casino gaming machine, or table game
				equipment shall promptly provide the department with written notice of any
				changes to the information already submitted as required under subdivision 2 of
				this subsection.
4. A person
				transporting a slot machine, mechanical casino gaming machine, or table game
				equipment shall plainly and clearly label the package so that the name and
				address of the shipper and recipient and the contents of the package may be
				readily ascertained during an inspection of the machine outside of the
				package.
5. After delivery of a
				slot machine, mechanical casino gaming machine, or table game equipment, the
				facility to which the terminal is delivered shall promptly provide the
				department with written notice that includes:
a. Date the slot machine, mechanical casino
				gaming machine, or table game equipment was received;
b. Date the slot machine, mechanical casino
				gaming machine, or table game equipment will be placed into operation;
				and
c. Any other information
				requested by the department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-150 - Slot machines

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A.
				Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in 11VAC5-90-10, the following
				terms have the meanings indicated.
"Double-up" means an optional wager on a slot machine, the
				  availability of which is triggered by a preceding winning event, in which the
				  player has a mathematically equal probability of doubling the amount wagered or
				  losing the entire amount placed at risk.
"Modification" means a change or alteration that:
1. Affects the conduct of play or operation
				of equipment, a system, or software including a change or alteration to a:
a. Control program;
b. Graphics program; or
c. Payout percentage; and
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-160 - Mechanical casino games

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A. A
				facility operator may offer a mechanical casino game pursuant to this
				subsection.
B. Testing,
				certification, and approval of a mechanical casino game and equipment.
1. A manufacturer may not offer a mechanical
				casino game for sale, lease, distribution, or use in a facility, or a
				modification to a department-approved version of such a game, without it having
				been:
a. Tested and certified by an
				independent certified testing laboratory; and
b. Approved in writing by the
				department.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-170 - Table games definitions and equipment

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A. Definitions. In addition to the terms
				defined in the casino gaming law and 11VAC5-90-10, the following terms have the
				meanings indicated unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
"Ante" means the wager that a player may be required to make
				  prior to any cards being dealt to participate in the round of play.
"Assistant table games shift manager" means an employee of a
				  facility operator whose primary function is to supervise all of the table games
				  in a licensed facility and who may be authorized to act as the table games
				  shift manager in his absence.
"Automated card shuffling device" means a software compatible
				  mechanical or electronic contrivance that automatically randomizes playing
				  cards, either continuously or on command, to be utilized for table gaming
				  activity.
"Bad Beat" means one or more predesignated high value poker
				  hands that, when held by a player as a losing hand in a round of play, results
				  in a bad beat payout.
"Bad Beat payout" means one or more payouts made to a player
				  upon the occurrence of a Bad Beat.
"Banking table game" means a table game in which a player
				  competes against a facility operator rather than against another player.
"Boxperson" means an employee of a facility operator whose
				  primary function is to participate in and supervise the conduct of gaming at a
				  single craps table.
"Chip runner" means an employee of a facility operator whose
				  job duties include transporting cash to the poker room cage or the poker
				  cashier window at the main cage for dealers or players of the poker room to be
				  exchanged for value chips.
"Cover card" means an opaque card that is a solid color
				  readily distinguishable from the color of the backs and edges of the playing
				  cards.
"Dealer controlled electronic table game" means
1. A table game or table game equipment that:
a. Requires a live dealer to operate
				it;
b. Utilizes electronics as part
				of the games operation to collect and store game outcome, accounting and other
				significant event data; and
c.
				Permits wagering to be conducted electronically at a table game that is
				operated by a dealer.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-180 - Table games procedures

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A.
				Applicability of definitions. In addition to terms defined in the casino gaming
				law and 11VAC5-90-10, the definitions in 11VAC5-90-170 shall apply in this
				section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
B. Personnel operating and conducting table
				games.
1. A facility operator may use the
				following personnel to operate table games:
a.
				Dealer;
b. Stickperson;
c. Boxperson;
d. Floorperson;
e. Pit manager;
f. Poker manager;
g. Assistant table games shift manager;
				and
h. Table games shift
				manager.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-190 - Sports betting

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A.
				Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in 11VAC65-90-10, the following
				terms have the meanings indicated.
"Sports betting kiosk" means the physical device and
				  collective hardware, software, communications technology, and other ancillary
				  equipment used for sports betting voucher and ticket processing and automated
				  functions as approved by the department.
"Sports betting law" means Article 2 (§ 58.1-4030 et
				  seq.) of Chapter 40 of Title 58.1 of the Code of Virginia.
"Sports betting lounge" means a designated area in a casino
				  gaming facility where sports betting is conducted.
"Sports betting platform" means a website, mobile
				  application, or other platform accessible via the Internet or mobile, wireless,
				  or similar communications technology that sports bettors use to participate in
				  sports betting.
"Sports betting ticket" means a printed record issued or an
				  electronic record maintained by the casino gaming operator that evidences a
				  sports wager.
"Sports betting voucher" means a printed record or digital
				  representation thereof issued by a casino gaming operator that may be used to
				  fund a wager or may be redeemable for cash.
B. Sports betting transactions.
1. Before offering sports betting
				transactions in its sports betting facility, a facility operator shall submit a
				plan to the department that meets the requirements of 11VAC5-90-100 and has
				been approved by the department.
2.
				Sports betting transactions may be conducted from:
a. A sports betting lounge counter located in
				the sports betting lounge or other window locations as approved by the
				department;
b. Sports betting
				kiosks in locations as approved by the department;
c. Devices as approved by the department;
				or
d. A designated window in a
				cashiers' cage for the redemption of winning sports betting tickets
				only.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-200 - Information security system

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A facility operator shall implement, maintain, regularly
				  review and revise, and comply with a comprehensive information security system,
				  the purpose of which (i) shall be to take reasonable steps to protect the
				  confidentiality, integrity, and availability of personal information of
				  individuals who place a wager with the facility operator and (ii) shall contain
				  administrative, technical, and physical safeguards appropriate to the size,
				  complexity, nature, and scope of the operations and the sensitivity of the
				  personal information owned, licensed, maintained, handled, or otherwise in the
				  possession of the facility operator.
Statutory Authority: §§ 58.1-4101 and 58.1-4102
					 of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 5 - VIRGINIA LOTTERY BOARD › Chapter 90 - CASINO GAMING › Section 11VAC5-90-210 - System integrity and security assessment

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A. Within 90 days after beginning operations
				and annually thereafter, a facility operator shall engage an independent
				certified testing laboratory to perform a system integrity and security
				assessment of its casino gaming operations, including any sports betting
				operations not already reviewed in compliance with 11VAC5-70-200.
B. The scope of the integrity and security
				assessment shall include, at a minimum:
1. A
				vulnerability assessment of internal, external, and wireless networks with the
				intent of identifying vulnerabilities of all devices, systems, and applications
				transferring, storing, or processing personally identifiable information or
				other sensitive information connected to or present on the networks;
2. A penetration test of all internal,
				external, and wireless networks to confirm if identified vulnerabilities of all
				devices, systems, platforms, and applications are susceptible to
				compromise;
3. A technical security
				control assessment against the provisions of the gaming law and this chapter
				consistent with generally accepted professional standards and as approved by
				the director;
4. An evaluation of
				information security services, cloud services, payment services (financial
				institutions, payment processors, etc.), location services, and any other
				services that may be offered directly by the facility operator or involve the
				use of third parties; and
5. Any
				other specific criteria or standards for the integrity and security assessment
				required by the director.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Part I - Purpose and Definitions › Section 11VAC10-11-10 - Purpose

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The purpose of this chapter is to promote public
					 involvement in the development, amendment or repeal of the regulations of the
					 Virginia Racing Commission. This chapter does not apply to regulations,
					 guidelines, or other documents exempted or excluded from the provisions of the
					 Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of
					 Virginia).
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-4007.02 and 59.1-369 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Part II - Notification of Interested Persons › Section 11VAC10-11-30 - Notification list

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A. The agency
				  shall maintain a list of persons who have requested to be notified of
				  regulatory actions being pursued by the agency.
B. Any person may request to be placed on a
				  notification list by registering as a public user on the Town Hall or by making
				  a request to the agency. Any person who requests to be placed on a notification
				  list shall elect to be notified either by electronic means or through a postal
				  carrier.
C. The agency may maintain
				  additional lists for persons who have requested to be informed of specific
				  regulatory issues, proposals, or actions.
D. When electronic mail is returned as
				  undeliverable on multiple occasions at least 24 hours apart, that person may be
				  deleted from the list. A single undeliverable message is insufficient cause to
				  delete the person from the list.
E.
				  When mail delivered by a postal carrier is returned as undeliverable on
				  multiple occasions, that person may be deleted from the list.
F. The agency may periodically request those
				  persons on the notification list to indicate their desire to either continue to
				  be notified electronically, receive documents through a postal carrier, or be
				  deleted from the list.
Statutory Authority
§§ 2.2-4007.02 and 59.1-369 of the Code of
						Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Part II - Notification of Interested Persons › Section 11VAC10-11-40 - Information to be sent to persons on the notification list

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A. To persons electing to receive electronic
				  notification or notification through a postal carrier as described in
				  11VAC10-11-30, the agency shall
				  send the following information:
1. A notice
				  of intended regulatory action (NOIRA).
2. A notice of the comment period on a
				  proposed, a reproposed, or a fast-track regulation and hyperlinks to, or
				  instructions on how to obtain, a copy of the regulation and any supporting
				  documents.
3. A notice soliciting
				  comment on a final regulation when the regulatory process has been extended
				  pursuant to § 2.2-4007.06 or 2.2-4013C of the Code of Virginia.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Part III - Public Participation Procedures › Section 11VAC10-11-50 - Public comment

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A. In
				  considering any nonemergency, nonexempt regulatory action, the agency shall
				  afford interested persons an opportunity to submit data, views, and arguments,
				  either orally or in writing, to the agency. Such opportunity to comment shall
				  include an online public comment forum on the Town Hall.
1. To any requesting person, the agency shall
				  provide copies of the statement of basis, purpose, substance, and issues; the
				  economic impact analysis of the proposed or fast-track regulatory action; and
				  the agency's response to public comments received.
2. The agency may begin crafting a regulatory
				  action prior to or during any opportunities it provides to the public to submit
				  comments.
Virginia Administrative Code › Title 11 - GAMING › Agency 10 - VIRGINIA RACING COMMISSION › Chapter 11 - PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES › Part III - Public Participation Procedures › Section 11VAC10-11-60 - Petition for rulemaking

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A. As
				  provided in § 2.2-4007 of the Code of Virginia, any person may petition
				  the agency to consider a regulatory action.
B. A petition shall include but is not
				  limited to the following information:
1. The
				  petitioner's name and contact information;
2. The substance and purpose of the
				  rulemaking that is requested, including reference to any applicable Virginia
				  Administrative Code sections; and
3. Reference to the legal authority of the
				  agency to take the action requested.