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Va. Code Ann. § 11-14 (2026)

Gaming contracts void

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Except as otherwise provided in this section, all wagers, conveyances, assurances, and all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration is money or other valuable thing won, laid, or bet, at any game, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts to repay any money knowingly lent at the time and place of such game, race, sport or pastime, to any person for the purpose of so gaming, betting, or wagering, or to repay any money so lent to any person who shall, at such time and place, so pay, bet or wager, shall be utterly void.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a contract governing the distribution of state lottery proceeds shall be valid and enforceable as between the parties to the contract.

Code 1919, § 5558; 1998, c. 400.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2024 · leading case: Hughes v. Cole, 465 S.E.2d 820 (Va. 1996).
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Hughes v. Cole, 465 S.E.2d 820 (Va. 1996). · cites it 19× “At the heart of the problem is Code § 11-14, which provides in pertinent part that “[a] 11 .”
Kennedy v. Annandale Boys Club, Inc., 272 S.E.2d 38 (Va. 1980). · cites it 15× “Our decision here is controlled by Virginia Code § 11-14 which provides, in part, that “all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration be money or other valuable thing, won, .”
Resorts Int'l Hotel, Inc. v. Agresta, 569 F. Supp. 24 (E.D. Va. 1983). · cites it 12× “The applicable Virginia statute, Va.Code § 11-14 (1982) provides that: All wagers, conveyances, assurances, and all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration be money or other valuable thing, won, laid, or bet, at any game, horse race, sport or…”
Rahmani v. Resorts Int'l Hotel, Inc., 20 F. Supp. 2d 932 (E.D. Va. 1998). · cites it 4× “” Va.Code § 11-14; see also Kennedy v. Annandale Boys Club, Inc.”
Schrenger v. Caesars Indiana, 825 N.E.2d 879 (Ind. Ct. App. 2005). “Codified Laws § 42 -7B-55 (1990); Va.Code Ann. § 11-14 (1998); Wash. Rev.Code Ann.”
Coghill v. Boardwalk Regency Corp., 396 S.E.2d 838 (Va. 1990). · cites it 2× “After hearing oral arguments and reviewing memoranda of law, the trial court, in a written opinion, held that the New Jersey judgment was entitled to enforcement in Virginia under the Full Faith and Credit Clause. The court entered a final order to that effect on September 18,…”
Ahmad Azamy v. Icon Fin., LLC, No. 1574224 (Va. Ct. App. Apr. 23, 2024). · cites it 13× “Azamy argues that the contract was a gaming contract and therefore void under Code § 11-14. Azamy also argues that the interest rate of the contract was above 12% per year and therefore usurious under Code § 6.”
Greate Bay Hotel & Casino, Inc. v. Furman, 4 Va. Cir. 141 (Newport News Cir. Ct. 1983). · cites it 4× “It was stipulated by the parties that the amount sued for was not in question; that the Court in New Jersey had jurisdiction of the defendant and subject matter; and, that the judgment of the New Jersey court was not questioned; and, lastly, that the judgment given in New Jersey…”
In re Chu, 599 B.R. 519 (Bankr. E.D. Va. 2019). · cites it 8× “Va. Code § 11-14. In Maryland, on the other hand, gambling debts contracted at State-sanctioned casinos are enforceable in Maryland's courts.”
Glassman v. Fed. Deposit Ins., 173 S.E.2d 843 (Va. 1970). · cites it 3× “He also filed a cross-claim for the $5,000 paid on note No.”
Abbott v. Thorson, 28 Va. Cir. 342 (Richmond County Cir. Ct. 1992). · cites it 5× “Code § 11-14 still provides: All wagers, conveyances, assurances, and all contracts and securities whereof the whole or any part of the consideration be money or other valuable thing won, laid or bet, at any game, horse race, sport or pastime, and all contracts to repay any…”
Com. Union Ins. Co. of New York v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins., 177 S.E.2d 625 (Va. 1970). “2d 350 , §§ 11-14, at 381-92 (1957). Further, State Farm says that the policy does not cover the farm on which Willis had been working prior to the accident.”
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