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RICHMOND, Va. (Gray News) - A Virginia man says his boredom helped him cash in on a lottery jackpot. According to the Virginia Lottery, when Jerard Hickman gets bored, he likes to check its website to play some online games. And his day got very exciting last week after finding out he won a $785414 jackpot prize. Lottery officials said Hickman won…

March 8, 2023 - The Richmond Hill Exchange Club is slated to host the "Joker Poker" Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, April 1 at the Richmond Hill City Center benefiting the Healthy Families program serving Bryan County. This inaugural event is sponsored by the Richmond Hill City Center and State Farm Insurance Agent Matt Hodges. The…

The Richmond Hill Exchange Club is slated to host the "Joker Poker" Casino Night fundraiser on Saturday, April 1 at the Richmond Hill City Center benefiting the Healthy Families program serving Bryan County. This inaugural event is sponsored by the Richmond Hill City Center and State Farm Insurance Agent Matt Hodges. The casino-themed party will…

A Richmond resident has won the largest Virginia Lottery online instant game jackpot ever. Jerard Hickman played the Lucky Golden Multiplier game and won $785414. Hickman is a district manager for a transportation company. He told the lottery he has no immediate plans for his winnings except to pay bills. "It feels fantastically awesome!" he said…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A Richmond man has won the largest prize ever in a Virginia Lottery online instant game. Jerard Hickman often plays online games through the Lottery's website. Then, one recent Thursday, he played the Lucky Golden Multiplier game, winning the $785414 jackpot. "It feels fantastically awesome!" he told Virginia Lottery…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - A Richmond man won a jackpot of over $785000 playing an online Virginia Lottery game. Jerard Hickman said he enjoys playing online games on Virginia Lottery's website when he's bored. One day, he was playing the Lucky Golden Multiplier game and won a $785414 jackpot. According to Virginia Lottery, that's the largest prize…

RICHMOND, Va. - When Jerard Hickman gets bored, he likes to check out the Virginia Lottery's website to play some online games. But his boring day got very exciting after he won a $785414 jackpot prize. Hickman played the Lucky Golden Multiplier game at home one Thursday when he won the prize. The Virginia Lottery said it was the largest jackpot…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - A bill allowing Petersburg to host a casino resort - and denying Richmond's second bid for one - advanced in the Virginia House of Delegates, days after the proposal gained support in the state Senate. The proposal from Del. Kim Taylor (R-Dinwiddie), similar to one from state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond), would add…

The $20m Powerball wasn't struck on Saturday - but many Kiwis were scrambling to get their Lotto ticket after an online glitch. While the big prize jackpots to $23m this Wednesday, four lucky players from Auckland, Nelson, and Wellington will be toasting a special night after each winning $250000 with Lotto First Division. The winning tickets were…

From small and large jackpot lottery games to online sports wagering, charitable gaming, historic horse racing, unregulated gray machines and now casinos, the options to scratch a gambling itch in Virginia are virtually endless. Gambling represents an estimated $12 billion industry in Virginia, and that level of participation could double over the…

RICHMOND - It's gotten a lot easier to gamble in Virginia as the state and local governments chase extra tax dollars from the lottery, casinos, sports betting, horse racing and slots parlors. But that change has come at a cost for Virginians who struggle with impulse control or have a full-blown gambling addiction, according to a bipartisan pair of…

The casino referendum is the issue that won't go away - kind of like a desperate or compulsive gambler who stays put because the next hand is the winning hand, or the slot player who is completely convinced the next pull of that handle will deliver the jackpot. At some point, you need to walk away. The relentless effort to build a casino in…

A Lotto player in Southland has become $6.3 million richer after taking out Wednesday's Powerball and First Division prizes. The winning Powerball ticket was purchased on MyLotto. A player in Rotorua had also become a millionaire, winning $1m from Wednesday's Strike Must Be Won draw. The winning Strike ticket was bought at Paper Plus Rotorua…

The Cordish Companies has revealed its plans to create a $1.4bn casino resort in the Virginia city of Petersburg. The Petersburg City Council unanimously voted on Tuesday night to choose Cordish as the company to develop a casino resort in the area. It would be a three-phase project and span an 80-acre site in the economically struggling…

Mega Millions jackpot rises to $379 million THIS IS BREAKING NEWS. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF MOORE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. DUKE ENERGY NOW SAYS THAT THAT SUBSTATION EQUIPMENT THAT WAS DAMAGED OVER THE WEEKEND IS REPAIRED. DUKE ENERGY SAYS THAT IT DOES EXPECT THAT POWER TO BE FULLY RESTORED BY THIS EVENING. IF YOU REMEMBER, POWER WAS…

BRISTOL, Va. - Citizens of Alaska, where are you? The Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, celebrated six weeks of operation Friday and during that time has documented guests from 49 states. Alaska is the lone holdout. Virginia's first casino has attracted thousands of visitors to the former Bristol Mall and operators admit the response has…

Hard Rock International celebrated the groundbreaking of its Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Bristol, Virginia, on Wednesday afternoon. The location is expected to open in the spring of 2024. Hard Rock Bristol is currently operating out of a temporary location. "This is an exciting day for Bristol," Allie Evangelista, president of Hard Rock Hotel &…

Richmond's first wish from the General Assembly is another opportunity for voters to approve a casino, even if the city has to share regional gaming revenues with a potential rival operation in Petersburg. Most of Richmond's legislative priorities for the coming assembly session center on promoting affordable housing and protecting existing…

Construction of the permanent Hard Rock Casino in Bristol will finally begin this week.Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol opened as Virginia's first casino earlier this year but in a temporary facility. Last week, Hard Rock Resorts announced that they will finally break ground on the permanent casino this Wednesday, December 7th. The groundbreaking…

Somebody in Richmond is about to get an early Christmas present. A ticket for Saturday's Lotto 6/49 draw purchased there matched all six winning numbers for the classic $5-million jackpot: 4, 18, 26, 36, 41 and 42. It was the fifth 6/49 jackpot win in B.C. this year. The winner or winners have a year to claim the prize after the Dec. 3 draw date.…

Legislation pre-filed with the Virginia General Assembly seeks to allow the city of Petersburg to conduct a casino referendum and would temporarily delay Richmond from holding a second vote. House Bill 1373 and Senate Bill 780 would add Petersburg to the list of Virginia cities eligible to conduct a public referendum regarding placement of one…

According to the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, this week a lottery player from the province has woken up to a CA$60000000 jackpot. On Wednesday, the Crown agency confirmed that a ticket holder from Richmond Hill, Ontario, is the winner of the massive jackpot from Tuesday's November 29, 2022 draw. Players are advised to check their…

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ/Virginia Lottery Release) - A $1 million Powerball ticket was bought in Reston, in Fairfax County, for Wednesday's drawing that did not produce a jackpot winner. The jackpot is now $1.5 billion for Saturday's drawing. Virginia Powerball players won more than $2.1 million in Wednesday night's drawing, with a total of 188911…

RICHMOND - A new study recommends the Virginia Lottery oversee all gaming in the commonwealth, including historic horse racing and charitable gaming. Members of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission heard a staff presentation in Richmond regarding gaming in Virginia and a recommendation to consolidate gaming regulation. Currently, three…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - A Powhatan woman won big recently after playing the Virginia Lottery's online Monopoly jackpot game Barbara Hurst was playing Virginia Lottery games online with her daughter on a Sunday when she noticed that the Monopoly Progressive Jackpots game had an unusually high jackpot. It was playing this game that Hurst won the…

BRISTOL, Va. - Sonya Ratliff and about a dozen friends put on sparkly clothes and left early on a Tuesday morning to celebrate another mom's birthday. In years past, that might have meant brunch. Now, in this Bible Belt town on the edge of the Appalachian Mountains, it means slot machines, blackjack and other games of chance at the newly opened…

Tuesday's biggest deal, however, emerged from the Louisville, Kentucky headquarters of Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI), which has completed its previously announced acquisition of Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E) for $2.75bn. CDI's completed purchase followed receipt of customary licensing approvals from Virginia, New York, and Iowa, and…

RICHMOND, Va. (WDBJ/VA Lottery Release) - More than 146000 Powerball tickets bought in Virginia for the October 31 drawing won prizes, though no one got the $1B jackpot, meaning the grand prize is now $1.2 billion. A ticket winning $150000 in Monday's drawing was bought at a 7-Eleven store at 120 North George Washington Highway in Chesapeake. Two…

Bristol in southwest Virginia is sharing gaming-tax revenues from its casino with a dozen surrounding localities. So why won't Danville, which expects to have the Caesars Virginia casino project operating in late 2024, do the same with Pittsylvania County? First, Bristol is required by state law to share its monies generated from its casino,…

TORONTO, Oct. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A Richmond Hill online gaming player has been charged with two counts of Cheat at Play, contrary to section 209 of the Criminal Code of Canada. All regulated gaming sites - including OLG.CA as well as private operator sites conducted and managed by iGaming Ontario (iGO) - are required by the Alcohol and…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Petersburg is primed for gaming, according to a study by the Joint Audit Review and Commission, which studied what could happen if the city decides to build a casino. JLARC staff presented the results of the study to State Lawmakers Monday. According to the JALRC study, if Petersburg opens a casino by 2027 within its first…

The Cordish Companies, a well-established casino developer spurned by Richmond last year in the sweepstakes to build a gaming resort in the capital, has emerged as the preferred operator of a proposed casino in Petersburg that got a big boost this week from the state's legislative watchdog agency. The Petersburg City Council unanimously approved…

Virginia should give a single state agency the power to regulate most gambling. According to a new report, splitting those duties among multiple agencies creates oversight and enforcement gaps in a rapidly expanding industry. Nonpartisan policy analysts also determined a casino in Petersburg would be viable while leaving it to the General Assembly…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - Virginians have embraced gambling to the tune of over $10 billion a year - but a new report found that key regulators are critically understaffed and unprepared to tackle the booming industry. For most people, gambling evokes images of glitzy casinos and gas station scratch-offs, but in Virginia, the biggest driver of revenue…

Petersburg could support the operation of a casino, regardless of whether Richmond were to host one as well, a long-awaited legislative study concluded on Monday. If both cities opened casinos in 2028, the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission found that the amount of tax revenues and new jobs would be lower in Petersburg than if Richmond…

Virginia is debating whether to add new casinos, but fear of cannibalizing revenue has permeated legislators' midst. These qualms may now be put to rest following the results of a study that were revealed on Monday. According to the survey, Petersburg and Richmond could support a casino separately or together, but ideally, there would be two…

After a two-year delay due to COVID-19 and supply-chain issues, Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Limited's $99.3 million investment, up from $70 million, recently celebrated the grand opening of its Cascades Casino Delta in British Colombia, Canada. Located in Delta, part of Metro Vancouver, the highly anticipated opening on September 29th,…

It's been six years since Delta was selected as a preferred host community for a new casino A major new entertainment attraction in South Delta has officially opened for business as Gateway Casinos & Entertainment celebrated the grand opening of the Cascades Casino Delta on Thursday. Company officials and dignitaries were on hand for the afternoon…

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This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

For years, Lotto pitched certain stores as "lucky". They weren't. In fact, the chances of becoming a problem gambler far outweigh the chances of winning a big Powerball prize. Guyon Espiner investigates. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press…

Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the country. "NZ's luckiest stores revealed ahead of $28 million Powerball draw," Lotto headlined its…

For years, Lotto pitched certain stores as "lucky". They weren't. In fact, the chances of becoming a problem gambler far outweigh the chances of winning a big Powerball prize. Guyon Espiner investigates. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press…

This is the fourth story in an investigative series on Lotto. Look out for more next week. Lotto's corporate communications team was on a roll. Year after year, as the Powerball jackpot ballooned out to more than $20 million, the press releases would go out and the story of the lucky Lotto stores would be picked up by media across the…

Canada is a popular destination for tourists and gambling lovers. The gambling world is not limited to Las Vegas only. Canada should be added as one of the best destinations for gambling. Canada has a rich gambling history and rich cultural heritage, with abundant establishments in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario and a lot of options for Canadian…

A month and a half after its opening, the Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock, has proven to be an early success. Virginia's first casino, which celebrated its first six weeks of operation Friday, has thus far exceeded expectations, drawing thousands of visitors to the former Bristol Mall and documenting guests from 49 states, with Alaska as…

If things go as planned for Bally's, which wants to build Chicago's first casino, Chicagoans will be able to gamble away their paychecks as early as next summer. While many of our politicians tout the economic benefits to the city, there are some who share my concern that no benefit should come at the expense of families and children. Bally's…

A MAN has revealed how he won the lottery THREE times in just one day - and the results may surprise you. In 2018, Mark Maltz scooped the jackpot winning prize of more than $325000 after purchasing several tickets from a local gas station. The Tow Company worker first indulged on a scratchcard punt while filling up his truck in Oakland…

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - Although no one managed to get the correct numbers from Friday night's Mega Millions drawing, three lucky Virginians still won big. According to Virginia Lottery, a resident in Chesapeake bought a ticket online, missing only the Mega Ball number and winning one million dollars. The second winner bought their ticket at the…

BRISTOL - Patrons of the new Bristol Casino wagered more than $37.5 million - and won more than $33.7 million - during its first full week of operation. Those figures were presented Wednesday to the Virginia Lottery Board, which oversees casinos, sports wagering and lottery operations in the state. Totals are from July 5-14, but primarily starting…

The new Hard Rock Bristol Casino in Virginia, opened earlier this month as a temporary venue ahead of the upcoming full Hard Rock venue in the state, has seen its patrons wager more than $37.5 million during its first full week of operation, the Virginia Lottery Board reported on Wednesday. The Bristol Casino's adjusted gaming revenue after payouts…

BRISTOL, Va. -Patrons of the new Bristol Casino wagered more than $37.5 million - and won more than $33.7 million - during its first full week of operation. Those figures were presented Wednesday to the Virginia Lottery Board, which oversees casinos, sports wagering and lottery operations in the state. Totals are from July 5-14, but primarily…

The city during the casino application process said its preferred site offers excellent transportation accessibility and is already zoned for commercial tourism Times and attitudes sure have changed when it comes to casinos. The City of Delta in 2016 wasted no time in submitting to the BC Lottery Corporation an expression of interest to house a new…

Portsmouth has a lot of problems. Look for them to get worse in February when its new casino is scheduled to open. A key thing you need to know about the casino is that it is the realization of Louise Lucas' vision. Sen. Lucas has spent 22 years promoting a casino in Portsmouth. As if that was just the thing Portsmouth needed to become a successful…

BRISTOL, Va. - Rock music blared from oversized speakers on the event stage while a half-dozen leaders of the Virginia General Assembly mingled with officials from Hard Rock International, the Virginia Lottery Board, the city of Bristol Virginia and other well-wishers Friday morning. All assembled in the west parking lot of the former Bristol Mall…

The numbers for the biggest-ever EuroMillions draw are in. Tonight's jackpot is worth an estimated £191million and if won by a British player would also smash any of the country's current lottery record-holders' winnings. The lottery game is played in Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United…

The largest ever EuroMillions jackpot is up for grabs on Friday, with an eye-watering top prize of £191 million. The lottery game is played in Ireland, Austria, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. If one UK ticket-holder bags the entire jackpot, they would immediately become the UK's biggest-ever…

The biggest ever EuroMillions winner could be crowned next Friday if they scoop the estimated £191 million jackpot. It comes after National Lottery players failed to predict the main and lucky star numbers in Tuesday's £186 million jackpot draw, meaning the prize rolls over. The main EuroMillions numbers were 07, 10, 25, 45, 48 - while the lucky…

BRISTOL - The grand opening of Virginia's first casino is days away and a staff of 600 is preparing to welcome guests to the Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock. A 30000 square foot gaming space has been created inside the former Belk location - an anchor store in the former Bristol Mall. It will feature about 900 slot machines, 20 table…

BRISTOL, Va. - The grand opening of Virginia's first casino is days away and a staff of 600 is preparing to welcome guests to the Bristol Casino, future home of Hard Rock. A 30000 square foot gaming space has been created inside the former Belk location - an anchor store in the former Bristol Mall. It will feature about 900 slot machines, 20 table…

NEWS RELEASEONTARIO LOTTO AND GAMING CORPORATION************************* Brian Kimmons of Brechin has $259074.50 to put toward his dreams after winning a Lotto Max second prize in the June 7, 2022 draw. Kimmons, a 54-year-old entrepreneur, said he's a regular lottery player and was pretty calm after discovering his win. "I was in my truck and…

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The leaders of Virginia's Senate Finance and Appropriations and House Appropriations committees confirmed Friday that the new state budget agreement they partially unveiled on Thursday includes language that would delay state licensing of a proposed casino in South Richmond even if voters approve it in November's second referendum on the matter.…

Blinking slot machine lights and the sound of shuffling cards may be coming soon to Chicago's River West neighborhood following the city council's approval last week of the city's first casino. Chicago is the most recent U.S. city to pursue an urban gaming venue to drive economic development. The casino industry is one of the fastest-growing in the…

A judge has granted the city of Richmond, Virginia, its request for a second casino referendum, to be conducted this November. The city council committee had unanimously voted in favor of the idea in January, seeking to pursue the failed Urban ONE casino project a second time after it was narrowly voted down by residents in November last year. The…

BRISTOL - The Virginia Lottery Board recently granted a license for the state's first casino, which developers intend to open in Bristol in 2024. According to a presentation to the board last week, the $400 million project is expected to include a 300-room hotel, five restaurants, four bars or lounges and a concert venue. Developers expect to…

The Virginia Lottery Board on Wednesday unanimously approved a casino gaming operator's license for Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Bristol, the state's first casino, with a temporary property scheduled to open on July 8. Wednesday's 7-0 vote followed a two-hour presentation by officials of Hard Rock International and representatives of HR Bristol, LLC,…

The Virginia Lottery Board regulator has reportedly awarded American casino operator Hard Rock International with a gambling license for its coming $400 million Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Bristol property. According to a Wednesday report from the local online news domain at VirginiaBusiness.com, the move for the Seminole Tribe of Florida -owned…

The Virginia Lottery Board has issued its first license for a casino in Virginia to Hard Rock Bristol, the board announced Wednesday. With its permanent casino still on track to open at the former Bristol Mall in July 2024, Hard Rock International Inc. is preparing to open a 30000-square-foot temporary casino with 870 gaming slots and 21 tables…

Caesars Virginia has named Baltimore, Maryland-based Whiting-Turner as the general contractor to build its $500 million resort and casino in Danville, Caesars Entertainment announced Monday. The resort will have a 500-guestroom hotel, a casino with more than 1400 slot machines and table games, a Caesars sportsbook and a World Series of…

Three Lower Mainland men are accused of running an illegal gambling den. Defence lawyers for three men accused of operating an illegal casino in a house near Oakridge Centre succeeded in persuading a justice of the peace to adjourn their clients' case until late June. Wu Rong Zan, 45, Ng Mun Bun, 55 and Li Wen Bo, 47, are charged with keeping an…

Chumba Casino is one of the most popular social casinos in the US. It's available in 49 states as well as Canada, and lets users play online casino-style games totally free of charge. Unlike traditional online casinos, social casinos operate using a sweepstakes model. There are two types of coins that you can use to play games for free at Chumba…

Canada is a great place to gamble; with its latest no deposit free spins in Canada, it offers various games and experiences. Whether you're a seasoned gambler or just looking to try your luck for the first time, online casino Canada real money has something to offer everyone. In spite of that, travelling to Canada to gamble can be an expensive…

Maryland casinos recorded their fourth-best single month ever with a whopping $170.6 million in combined revenue in March. Even though March's revenue is less than 1% more than the $169.2 million in March 2021, this month's revenue is one of the highest for the state. It also represents a 19% increase from this point in the fiscal year 2021. MGM…

Hard Rock International has finally set a date for the "grand opening" of its temporary, full-service real-money casino in Bristol, Virginia. On 8 July 2022, the interim facility located at the old Bristol Mall will welcome guests for the first time. Construction plans kicked off in December 2021 after Hard Rock gained approval from the Virginia…

The National Lottery has changed its online system for playing its biggest games after complaints were made to the watchdog about players being automatically entered into its Plus draws unless they specifically opted out. Entering the Plus draw for Lotto and EuroMillions costs an extra €1 per line of numbers while it is an additional 50 cent per…

Rosie's Gaming Emporiums have a growing economic footprint in Southwest Virginia with a Vinton location recently expanded and one in Collinsville newly opened. The games featured at Rosie's are very similar to traditional slot machines found at casinos, except instead of using a random number generator, the machines use three historical horse races…

Richmonders will get another chance to vote for a casino in Richmond's Southside after a judge in Virginia approved a second referendum for November 2022. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Richmond Circuit Court Judge W. Reilly Marchant has granted the Virginia city's request to hold a second casino referendum in November. gives citizens another bite of…

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak has written to the UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Nadine Dorries, to voice concerns held by many within the horseracing industry. In his letter, the Sunday Times reports that the Chancellor highlighted the particular case of Catterick racecourse, which is within his constituency…

Richmond city officials are doing whatever they can to try to get a casino built. The latest move comes in the form of a lawsuit, filed by Interim City Attorney Haskell C. Brown III on behalf of the city, to try to get a second casino referendum authorized. City Hall fears the possibility of language being inserted that would block a possible…

The company that operates del Lago Resort & Casino is expected to have a new owner by the end of 2022. Churchill Downs Inc.(CDI) (NASDAQ: CHDN) plans to acquire "substantially all" of the assets of Richmond, Virginia-based Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC (P2E) for nearly $2.5 billion. Del Lago is visible from and located just off the New York…

Churchill Downs Incorporated (CDI) announced Tuesday it plans to buy the parent company of Colonial Downs, Peninsula Pacific Entertainment (P2E), for $2.485 billion. CDI will fund the deal through a combination of new debt and cash on hand. It is expected to close by the end of 2022. Some of the cash will come from the sale of land near Calder…

The gaming regulator for the southern American state of Louisiana has reportedly ordered Peninsula Pacific Entertainment to sell off its dormant land-based casino license within 60 days or risk having the certification unilaterally taken away. According to a Thursday report from The Advocate newspaper, the Virginia-based firm received the license…

In the southern American state of Virginia and legislators reportedly killed off a measure yesterday that would have allowed the city of Petersburg to hold a referendum on whether to host a Las Vegas -style casino resort. According to a Thursday report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper, the Virginia State Senate's influential General Law…

The Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia, confirmed the ceremonial event for Rivers Casino Portsmouth, which will be held on Tuesday, December 7. Further information as to what the ceremony might entail was not provided by the mayor, but it is known that the casino will be built on 57 acres of land. One additional detail that is known about the new casino…

In the southern American state of Virginia and the city of Richmond is reportedly set to take a second run at persuading local voters into allowing radio broadcaster Urban One to bring a $600 million casino resort to a 100-acre plot of disused land. According to a Monday report from the Richmond Times-Dispatch newspaper, state lawmakers passed…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) - The billboards may be gone, but the chance of a casino in the City of Richmond is not. The majority of Richmond City Councilmembers voted Monday night to pass one resolution and two ordinances related to the revival of the Urban ONE casino project. The only councilmember to vote against the casino related items was Katherine…

Richmond voters have rejected the plan for a casino development on the city's Southside. The referendum on Urban One's $565 million casino and resort complex failed in Tuesday's elections, with 51.4 percent of the electorate voting against it. Mayor Levar Stoney, who had thrown his support behind the casino, issued a statement Wednesday morning…

The city of Richmond, Virginia, has narrowed down the number of applications for a new casino from six to just three this week. The remaining three in play comprise plans from Bally's Corporation, the Cordish Companies and a joint effort between Colonial Downs and Urban One. The Pamunkey Indian Tribe, Golden Nugget Hotels & Casinos and Wind Creek…

A company that sought but failed to win voter approval to build a casino in Slidell is expected to win a bit more time Thursday to decide on what to do with its license for the casino it operated but shut down in Bossier City. The Louisiana Gaming Control Board is meeting in Baton Rouge to decide the next step for P2E, an investment company based…

With the stroke of a judge's pen on Dec. 6, thousands of unregulated Vegas-style gambling machines are coming back out of the shadows and returning to your neighborhood convenience stores, gas stations, bars and other local businesses across the commonwealth. Greensville County Circuit Judge Louis Lerner's legally questionable and confusing action…

City Councilwoman Reva Trammell is making a push to have another referendum in an attempt to bring a casino to Richmond, Virginia. [Image: Shutterstock.com] A failed casino plan in Richmond, Virginia might get a second chance. Richmond City Councilwoman Reva Trammell is planning to submit a resolution on Monday that would call for another…

Certain skill games that resemble slot machines that were banned in July in Virginia can return to service. A Virginia judge issued a temporary injunction Monday blocking the enforcement of a law that banned a type of electronic betting machine as a lawsuit is fought in court, according to an Associated Press article. The skill games are seen at…

The former US Congressman, US Attorney and Counsel to Pace-O-Matic, Tom Marino, has recently exposed several sites of illegal, unregulated mini-casinos across the Commonwealth, Virginia. Marino benefited from the help of retired law enforcement personnel who performed investigations into the sites. "Everyone loses when it comes to illegal gaming…

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC)-A maker of skill games is reporting a surge in illegal gambling since a ban on their machines took effect earlier this year. Before being outlawed in Virginia, skill games were common in convenience stores. They were sometimes referred to as "gray machines" because, for years, they too operated in the gray area of state law,…

Portsmouth mayor Shannon Glover stated that the city's new real-money casino would break ground on December 7th. While the mayor did not specify what activities will take place during the groundbreaking ceremony, one thing is certain: Rush Street Gaming of Chicago will invest $300 million to build the Rivers Casino Portsmouth on 57 acres just south…

It's no wonder why states across the nation are in various stages of introducing some form of gaming to their citizens. The American Gaming Association last week reported that commercial gaming revenue hit a quarterly record for the months of July, August and September and that revenue is on a record pace for 2021. The AGA said that with $38.67…

PETERSBURG, Va. (AP) - After Richmond voters rejected the One Casino and Resort, new plans for casino development could be coming to Petersburg. State Sen. Joe Morrissey, whose district includes the city, said he will begin drafting legislation to allow Petersburg to hold its own referendum on a casino, The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported.…

New casino development plans could soon be coming to Petersburg after Richmond voters rejected the $565 million One Casino and Resort in last week's general election. State Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, said in an interview Thursday that he has initiated paperwork to begin drafting legislation that would allow Petersburg to hold its own…