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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 ten thousand dollars 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.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 47. Regulation of Trade § 47-20-10. Limits on prizes awarded--General provisions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-47-regulation-of-trade/wv-code-sect-47-20-10/
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