W. Va. Code § 29-22B-1902
Preemption of state laws or local regulation
West Virginia · West Virginia Code Chapter 29 — Miscellaneous Boards and Officers · Status: effective
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- W. Va. Code § 29-22B-1902, Preemption of state laws or local regulation, West Virginia, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2378702
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(a) No state or local law or regulation providing any penalty, disability, restriction, regulation or prohibition for the manufacture, transportation, storage, distribution, advertising, possession or sale of any lottery video lottery terminal, games or materials or for the operation of any lottery shall apply to operations by the Lottery Commission or persons licensed pursuant to this article or operations or activities that are authorized in this article.
(b) The provisions of this article preempt all regulations, rules, ordinances and laws of any county or municipality in conflict herewith: Provided, That nothing herein shall invalidate any zoning law, or Sunday closing law under article 61-10-1, et seq., of this code.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be deemed to permit the operation of any lottery otherwise prohibited by the laws of this state, not owned and operated by this state and permitted by this article.