§ 13-1-12. Same—lottery, etc.

If any person shall:

(1)

set up, promote or be concerned in managing or drawing a lottery or raffle for money or other thing of value;

(2)

knowingly permit a lottery in any house under his control;

(3)

knowingly permit money or other property to be raffled for in such house or to be won therein, by throwing or using dice, or by any other game of chance;

(4)

knowingly permit the same in such house of any chance or ticket in, or share of a ticket in, a lottery, or any writing, certificate, bill, token or other device purporting or intended to guarantee or assure to any person, or entitle him to a prize or share of, or interest in a prize to be drawn in a lottery; or

(5)

for himself or another person, buy, sell or transfer or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or with intent to exchange, negotiate or transfer, or aid in selling, exchanging, negotiating or transferring, a chance or ticket in or share of a ticket in a lottery, or any such writing, certificate, bill, token or device, he shall be guilty of a class 2 misdemeanor, except as provided in section 18.2-325 et seq. of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended. (Code 1963, Sec. 23-16; Ord. No. 2826, 6/28/83, Sec. 10; Ord. No. 3892, 11/16/96, Sec. 2)