§29-22C-1. Short Title
This article shall be known and may be cited as the West Virginia Lottery Racetrack Table Games Act.
§29-22C-10. Duties of Racetrack Table Games Licensee
(a) General. — All racetrack table games licensees shall: (1) Promptly report to the commission any facts or circumstances related to the operation of a racetrack with West Virginia Lottery table games which constitute a violation of state or federal law;
§29-22C-11. Reports by a Racetrack Table Games Licensee
A racetrack table games licensee shall maintain daily records showing the gross receipts and adjusted gross receipts of the racetrack from West Virginia Lottery table games and shall timely file with the commission any additional reports required by rule promulgated by the commission or required by other provisions of this code.
§29-22C-12. License to Supply a Racetrack With Gaming Equipment or Services
(a) License. — The commission may issue a license to a person to supply a racetrack licensed under this article with gaming equipment or services when the commission determines that the person meets the requirements of this section and any applicable rules of the commission. (b) License qualifications. — Each applicant who is an individual […]
§29-22C-13. License to Be Employed in a Racetrack With West Virginia Lottery Table Games
(a) Licenses. — The commission shall issue a license to be employed in the operation of racetrack table games to a person who meets the requirements of this section. (b) License qualifications. — To qualify for a license to be employed in the operation of West Virginia Lottery table games, the applicant shall be an […]
§29-22C-14. License to Be a Provider of Management Services
(a) License. — The commission may issue a license to a person providing management services under a management services contract to a racetrack table games licensee when the commission determines that the person meets the requirements of this section and any applicable rules of the commission. (b) License qualifications. — Each applicant who is an […]
§29-22C-15. License or Registration Prohibitions
(a) The commission may not grant any license or registration 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;
§29-22C-16. License or Registration Denial, Revocation, Suspension, and Reprimand
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of 29-22C-13(b) of this code to the contrary, the commission may deny a license or registration to any applicant, reprimand any licensee or registrant, or suspend or revoke a license or registration if the applicant, licensee, registrant, or any person having control of the applicant, licensee, or registrant: (1) Fraudulently or […]
§29-22C-17. Hearing Procedures
(a) Right to a hearing. — Except as otherwise provided by law, before the commission takes any adverse action involving a licensee under the provisions of this article, it shall give the persons against whom the action is contemplated an opportunity for a hearing before the commission or a hearing examiner designated by the commission. […]
§29-22C-18. Notice of License Expiration and Renewal
(a) At least two months before any license issued under this article expires, the commission shall send to the licensee, by mail addressed to the last known address of the licensee, a renewal application form and notice that states: (1) The date on which the current license expires;
§29-22C-19. Miscellaneous License Provisions
(a) The commission shall include on each license that it issues: (1) The type of license;
§29-22C-2. State Authorization of Table Games at Licensed Racetrack Facilities; Legislative Findings and Declarations
(a) Operation of West Virginia lottery table games. — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the operation of West Virginia lottery racetrack table games and ancillary activities at a licensed racetrack and the playing of those West Virginia lottery table games at a licensed racetrack are only lawful when conducted in accordance with […]
§29-22C-20. Game Rules of Play; Disputes
(a) Each racetrack licensed as an agent of the commission authorized to operate West Virginia Lottery table games shall have written rules of play for each table game it operates that are approved by the commission before the table game is offered to the public. Rules of play proposed by a racetrack table games licensee […]
§29-22C-21. Betting Limits; Operations and Services
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained elsewhere in this article, a racetrack licensee may, as agent of the commission, in the exercise of its business judgment, determine and establish with the approval of the commission, with respect to West Virginia lottery table games, the following: (1) Minimum and maximum wagers;
§29-22C-22. Posting of Betting Limits
A racetrack table game licensee shall conspicuously post a sign at each West Virginia Lottery table game indicating the permissible minimum and maximum wagers pertaining at that table. A racetrack table games licensee may not require any wager to be greater than the stated minimum or less than the stated maximum. However, any wager actually […]
§29-22C-23. Complimentary Service, Gift, Cash or Other Item
(a) No racetrack table games licensee may offer or provide any complimentary service, gift, cash or other item of value to any person unless: (1) The complimentary consists of room, food, beverage or entertainment expenses provided directly to the patron and his or her guests by the racetrack table games licensee or indirectly to the […]
§29-22C-24. Law Enforcement
(a) Generally. – 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 gaming as such occurs at facilities of the type authorized by this article that are necessary to enforce the provisions of […]
§29-22C-25. Inspection and Seizure
As a condition of licensure, to inspect or investigate for criminal violations of this article or violations of the rules promulgated by the commission, the commission's agents and the West Virginia State Police may each, without notice and without warrant: (1) Inspect and examine all premises of the racetrack with West Virginia Lottery table games, […]
§29-22C-26. Tax on the Privilege of Holding a License to Operate West Virginia Lottery Table Games
(a) Imposition and rate of tax. — For the privilege of holding a license under this article to operate table games, there is levied and shall be collected from the racetrack table games licensee the annual privilege tax imposed by this section. The tax shall be thirty-five percent of the licensee's adjusted gross receipts from […]
§29-22C-27. West Virginia Lottery Racetrack Table Games Fund; Community-Based Service Fund; State Debt Reduction Fund; Distribution of Funds
(a) (1) The special fund in the State Treasury known as the West Virginia Lottery Racetrack Table Games Fund is continued and all tax collected under this article shall be deposited with the State Treasurer and placed in the West Virginia Lottery Racetrack Table Games Fund. The fund shall be an interest-bearing account with all […]