§29-22-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the "State Lottery Act."
§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
(a) The commission shall propose rules for legislative approval in accordance with the provisions of article three, chapter twenty-nine-a of this code for the licensing of lottery sales agents for the sale and dispensing of lottery tickets, materials and lottery games, and the operations of electronic computer terminals therefor, subject to the following: (1) The […]
§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
(a) No person may sell lottery tickets or materials unless authorized by the commission to so act. No person may perform the functions of a licensed lottery sales agent unless licensed by the commission. No person may perform the functions of a lottery retailer unless authorized therefor by the commission. No person may sell a […]
§29-22-12. Crimes; Forgery, Counterfeiting, etc. of Lottery Tickets; Penalties
Any person who, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, alters, forges, utters, passes, or counterfeits a lottery ticket is guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000, or be confined in a state correctional facility for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.
§29-22-13. Prohibited Acts; Conflict of Interest; Prohibited Gifts and Gratuities
(1) The commissioners, the director, the deputy directors and the employees of the lottery may not, directly or indirectly, individually, or as a member of a partnership or as a shareholder of a corporation have an interest in dealing in a lottery.
§29-22-14. Administrative Violations of Articles; Hearing; Administrative Penalties
(a) In addition to any criminal penalty imposed under the provisions of this article or any other chapter of this code: (1) No person shall be appointed, employed or continue to serve in any position or employment with the commission who has been convicted of any violation of this article, or of any felony or […]
§29-22-15. Payment of Prizes to Minors
If the person entitled to a prize or any winning ticket is under the age of eighteen years, and such prize is less than $5,000, the director may direct payment of the prize by delivery to an adult member of the minor's family or a legal guardian of the minor of a check or draft […]
§29-22-15a. Option for Winners of Draw Games to Remain Anonymous
(a) A person entitled to collect a gross prize equal to or exceeding $1 million from a winning West Virginia State Lottery draw game ticket may remain anonymous: Provided, That such anonymity only applies to disclosure by the West Virginia State Lottery, and its employees and officers, of the name, personal contact information, and likeness […]
§29-22-16. Disposition of Unclaimed Prize Money
Unclaimed prize money for the prize on a winning ticket shall be retained by the director for the person entitled thereto for one hundred eighty days after the drawing in which the prize was won or for one hundred eighty days after the announced end of a game. If no claim is made for said […]
§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
(a) The commission shall establish rules and regulations for accounting for sales of lottery tickets and materials and accounting for all funds from sales and dispensing of lottery tickets, materials and games. Such regulations shall require all licensed lottery sales agents and lottery retailers to deposit in the bank account of the state Treasurer in […]
§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
(a) There is continued a Special Revenue Fund in the State Treasury which shall be designated and known as the State Lottery Fund. The fund consists of all appropriations to the fund and all interest earned from investment of the fund and any gifts, grants or contributions received by the fund. All revenues received from […]
§29-22-18a. State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
(a) The State Lottery Fund in the State Treasury which is designated and known as the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund is continued. The fund consists of all appropriations to the fund and all interest earned from investment of the fund and any gifts, grants, or contributions received by the fund. All revenues received under […]
§29-22-18b. Definition of Term &Quot;state employees."
As used in subsection (b), section eighteen-a of this article, the term "state employees" does not include those state employees who are employed within the higher education system of the state or within the judicial or legislative branches of the government of this state.
§29-22-18c. Increase in Allocation to Higher Education Improvement Fund From State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (d), section eighteen-a of this article to the contrary, the deposit of $10 million into the Higher Education Improvement Fund for Higher Education set forth above is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009, only. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, and subsequent fiscal years, the commission […]
§29-22-18d. Increase in Allocation to West Virginia Infrastructure Fund From State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund
Notwithstanding any provision of subsection (d), section eighteen-a of this article to the contrary, the deposit of $40 million into the West Virginia Infrastructure Fund set forth above is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2010, only. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, and each fiscal year thereafter, in lieu of the […]
§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
Notwithstanding any provision of §29-22-18a(d) of this code to the contrary, the deposit of $5 million into the State Park Improvement Fund is for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, only. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and each fiscal year through the fiscal year ending June 30, 2018, in lieu of […]
§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
(a) Any and all remaining funds in the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund after payment of debt service pursuant to sections eighteen-a, eighteen-d, and eighteen-e of this article shall be made available to pay debt service in connection with any revenue bonds issued pursuant to section eighteen of this article, if and to the extent […]
§29-22-19. Post Audit of Accounts and Transactions of Office
Before July 1, 2001 and at least every two fiscal years thereafter, the Legislative Auditor shall conduct a post audit of all accounts and transactions of the state lottery office. The cost of the audit shall be paid out of the state Lottery Fund moneys designated for payment of operating expenses. The commission shall have […]
§29-22-2. Legislative Findings and Intent
The Legislature finds and declares that the purpose of this article is to establish and implement a state-operated lottery under the supervision of the state Lottery Commission and the director of the state lottery office who shall be appointed by the Governor and hold broad authority to administer the system in a manner which will […]
§29-22-20. Monthly and Annual Reports
(a) The director shall, upon the twentieth day of each month, provide the Joint Committee on Government and Finance of the Legislature with a report reviewing the lottery operations, including, but not limited to, the amount of gross sales, the amount of net profit, the types of games being played, the number of licensed sales […]