West Virginia Statutes
§ 47-20-10 — Limits on prizes awarded -- General provisions
West Virginia § 47-20-10
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Bluebook
W. Va. Code § 47-20-10 (2026).
Text
Except as otherwise provided in section twenty-two of this article, during the period of a license the average total prizes awarded by a licensee, or in the aggregate by two or more limited occasion licensees holding a joint bingo occasion, for any bingo occasion held pursuant to an annual or limited occasion license, may not exceed $10,000 in value.
Prizes may be money or merchandise other than beer, nonintoxicating beer, wine, spirits or alcoholic liquor as defined in section five, article one, chapter sixty of this code. If the prizes are merchandise, the value assigned to them is their fair market value at the time of purchase.
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Legislative History
1996 Reg. Sess., HB4479; 1995 Reg. Sess., SB241; 1995 Reg. Sess., SB6; 1992 Reg. Sess., HB4135; 1985 Reg. Sess., HB1377; 1983 Reg. Sess., HB1156; 1982 Reg. Sess., SB208; 1981 Reg. Sess., HB1179
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West Virginia § 47-20-10, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/wv/47/47-20-10.