Section 250. Using winners' names and information

The agency can use a winner's name and the city, town, or county in which a winner lives, as well as the prizes won, for public information purposes and to foster the integrity of the games. The agency may require prize winners to participate in news conferences. The agency can use the winner's information described in this section and winner's photographs for public information or promotional purposes in mediums such as, but not limited to, the agency's website (www.valottery.com), social media, in-store, television, Internet, and radio. No consideration shall be paid by the agency for these purposes.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 19, Issue 15, eff. May 7, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 28, Issue 26, eff. September 26, 2012; Volume 31, Issue 03, eff. November 5, 2014.

Statutory Authority

§ 58.1-4007 of the Code of Virginia.