West Virginia § 47-20-10 - 47-20-10. Limits on prizes awarded -- General provisions.
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§ 47-20-10. 47-20-10. Limits on prizes awarded -- General provisions.
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.
Source: official West Virginia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 47-20-10 ("47-20-10. Limits on prizes awarded -- General provisions.") is part of the West Virginia Code, the codified statutory law of West Virginia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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