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$1.4 Billion Mixed-use Development Anchored by Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia Announced for Petersburg, Virginia

Bruce Smith Enterprise and The Cordish Companies have responded to a request for proposal issued by the City of Petersburg, Virginia with plans to codevelop a $1.4 billion Live! Gaming & Entertainment District, anchored by Live! Casino & Hotel Virginia. The proposed project will generate billions of dollars in economic benefits and spinoff…

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New York Post

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As online casinos continue to explode in popularity throughout the United States, more and more operators are starting to surface in legal iGaming states. With so many different online casino options now available, it can be difficult for players to pinpoint the best online casino for their needs. One extremely important factor when it comes to…

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The Virginian Pilot

Column: Support veterans by vetoing gambling machine legislation

American Veterans (AMVETS) is one of the foremost veterans' service organizations in Virginia and the United States. We have a proud history of assisting Virginia veterans and sponsoring numerous programs that serve our country and its citizens. AMVETS Department of Virginia exists to serve the veterans of America's armed forces who live and work…

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Rivers Casino Portsmouth: 1st year in review

It was billed as a major tax driver for Portsmouth and a project that would bring in outside investments to the region. How much is the city actually benefitting? PORTSMOUTH, Va. - To date, Rivers Casino Portsmouth remains the only fully built, non-temporary brick-and-mortar casino gaming operation in Virginia. For years, the project was hailed as…

Land-based ・ 02 February 2024

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Virginia Senate panel approves first batch of casino bills

As Virginia lawmakers continue to discuss the addition of new casinos in the state, Richmond appears to be out, Petersburg seems to be in and Northern Virginia looks like a question mark. A state Senate panel took action on an initial batch of gambling bills Wednesday, offering some early indicators of what policymakers might do on the topic this…

Law ・ 26 January 2024

The Washington Post

Virginia gas station owners want their slot machines back, again.

RICHMOND - The slots-like gaming machines that Virginia has twice banned from gas stations, restaurants and convenience stores would blink back to life under legislation that lobbyists and legislators are pushing through the General Assembly. The measure could pave the way for slots-style gaming in every corner of the state, which approved the…

Law ・ 23 January 2024

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Casino Developer PAC Made $85K Donation To Democratic Party Leader

VIRGINIA - State Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Mount Vernon) received an $85000 donation on Oct. 23 from Building a Remarkable Virginia, the political action committee created by the developer who wants to build a casino at or near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station, according to the latest campaign finance filing. "The Comstock Companies are one of the…

Politics ・ 03 November 2023

WSAZ

More than $40K headed to help prevent youth gambling in West Virginia

MASON COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - More than $40000 is heading to counties across West Virginia, including Putnam, Clay, Mason, and more, in an effort to educate and prevent kids from gambling. Shelia Moran, the spokesperson for 1-800-Gambler, said we're seeing troubling habits among our kids. "We did a survey last year of about 600 kids in West…

Gambling Addiction ・ 18 August 2023

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Richmond casino fight all about South Side turf

The legal fight over casino gaming is happening in a courtroom in downtown Richmond, but the real battlefront lies on the other side of the James River in South Richmond. A charitable gaming operator based next to Midlothian Turnpike is challenging the legality of Richmond's decision to award a contract to a partnership to build a…

Law ・ 18 August 2023

WJTV

How legal and illegal gambling compare in the industry

For nearly as long as humans have been alive, they've fallen under the allure of placing bets and winning big. Evidence of gambling dates back to 3000 B.C., when archaeologists uncovered six-sided dice in what is now modern Iraq. When anthropologist Alfred Kroeber published his 1948 survey of world cultures, he found it much easier to count the…

Law ・ 03 July 2023

Gambling News

IWG, Virginia Lottery Launch eDraw Game Lotto Virginia

Instant Win Gaming (IWG), a top-tier supplier of eInstant games, powering NASPL/WLA-member lotteries with content, has helped the Virginia Lottery introduce a new game. The new title is called Lotto Virginia and is described as the first on-demand, digital-only lottery game with a progressive jackpot in the United States. Lotto Virginia pairs…

Lottery ・ 22 May 2023

The Virginian Pilot

Portsmouth casino offers benefits to city, region

The Hampton Roads region has seen significant growth over the past few decades, but Portsmouth has been left holding the bag. That's why I am proud to support the newly opened River's Portsmouth Casino that will bring year-round jobs and an economic revival to the city. One of the main benefits of the River's Portsmouth Casino is the amount of tax…

Travel ・ 05 May 2023

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Lottery approves Danville Caesars casino's license

The Virginia Lottery Board approved the facility operator's license for Danville's $650 million Caesars Virginia casino, which is expected to open in a temporary space on May 15. It's the third casino to receive state approval, following the Hard Rock casino in Bristol and Rivers Casino Portsmouth in Hampton Roads. "For months, the Lottery's Gaming…

Land-based ・ 27 April 2023

Royal Examiner

Youngkin signs bipartisan bill creating new committee on gambling addiction

Much of the discussion surrounding Virginia's push toward state-sanctioned gambling has focused on how much money it might bring in for the state and local governments eager for new tax revenue. But state policymakers are taking a new step this year to try to create a more coordinated approach to gambling addiction, a less publicized downside of…

Law ・ 25 April 2023

Sports Handle

Virginia Legislators Strive To Create Problem Gambling Committee

Two Virginia legislators, Sen. Bryce Reeves (R-Spotsylvania) and Del. Paul Krizek (D-Mount Vernon), are concerned that expanded wagering in Virginia will lead to an increase in problem gambling, and they're hoping to tackle the issue head-on in 2023. Krizek and Reeves introduced legislation in December to create a problem gambling committee within…

Gambling Addiction ・ 10 January 2023

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Virginia lawmakers push for problem gambling treatment committee

Two cross-party legislators in Virginia have united to introduce legislation to form a Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Advisory Committee. Sen. Bryce Reeves and Del. Paul Krizek introduced a bill to form the committee which would aim to reduce the adverse effects of problem gambling. Reporting to the Department of Behavioral Health and…

Law ・ 06 January 2023

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Virginia Lawmakers Want to Create New State Committee on Gambling Addiction

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…

Gambling Addiction ・ 06 January 2023

NBC 12

Virginia lawmakers want to create new state committee on gambling addiction

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 state…

Law ・ 04 January 2023

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DraftKings Adds Live Dealer Casino Games in West Virginia

Sports gambling company DraftKings announced today its online casino offering in West Virginia has expanded effective Friday, June 24, 2022, offering players in the state more iGaming products including live dealer games. The addition of live dealer casino games will offer DraftKings' players in West Virginia to compete against other players while…

Live Gambling ・ 04 January 2023

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Virginia Lottery launches IWG games becoming the Company’s 23rd WLA/NASPL iLottery launch

Long-standing collaboration with NeoPollard produces fastest integration to-date Today IWG digital instant win games launched on the Virginia Lottery's iLottery gaming platform, making it the 23rd WLA/NASPL-member lottery to launch the instant win supplier's games portfolio. The integration took just weeks to complete, a timeline made possible by…

Lottery ・ 17 December 2022

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Virginia Lottery Board approves Rivers Casino Portsmouth's operator license

The Virginia Lottery Board has unanimously approved Rivers Casino Portsmouth's operator license. It is the second one issued in the state, as the first one was awarded in April to Bristol's Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, which opened as a temporary property in July. The $300 million project is slated to become fully operational by early 2023. The…

Lottery ・ 18 November 2022

Virginia Business

Lottery Board approves license for Portsmouth casino

The Virginia Lottery Board unanimously approved the casino facility operator's license for the Rivers Casino Portsmouth Wednesday. It was the second casino operator's license issued in the state; the first was awarded in April to Bristol's Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, which opened a temporary casino in July. Two more proposed casinos are in the…

Lottery ・ 17 November 2022

Royal Examiner

Virginia Lottery should be state’s primary gambling regulator

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…

Lottery ・ 18 October 2022

ABC 8 News

Amid gambling boom, just four Virginia regulators oversee entire horse racing industry

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…

Industry ・ 18 October 2022

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NeoPollard Interactive Applauds the Virginia Lottery for Record-Breaking iLottery Results in FY 2022

Lottery ・ 07 September 2022

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Three Virginians win $1 million, $10k lottery tickets in Friday night drawing

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…

Lottery ・ 23 July 2022

TimesNews

Viva Bristol: Virginia Lottery still a gambling alternative

BRISTOL - Although the Hard Rock Casino opened on Friday, people have been playing the odds for 35 years with another form of legalized gambling: the Virginia Lottery. The Virginia Lottery has been a regular feature in the region's stores since 1987, with racks of scratch tickets, Powerball and Mega Millions play slips and ticket vending machines.…

Lottery ・ 10 July 2022

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RSI integrates its BetRivers sportsbook into existing online casino offering in West Virginia

iGaming and sports betting operator Rush Street Interactive (RSI) announced Tuesday it is adding its online sportsbook to its existing online casino at BetRivers in West Virginia. Bettors in the Mountain State can now place bets through the integrated BetRivers iOS and Android apps and website. "The products share the same wallet for bettors'…

Sports ・ 08 June 2022

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Rush Street Interactive Adds BetRivers Mobile and Online Sportsbook to Its Award Winning Online Casino in West Virginia

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a leading online casino and sports betting company in the United States, today announced it is adding its industry leading online sportsbook to its existing online casino at BetRivers in West Virginia. Now sports fans across the Mountain State, aged 21 and over, can join…

Sports ・ 07 June 2022

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Rush Street Interactive (RSI) Adds BetRivers Mobile and Online Sportsbook to Its Award Winning Online Casino in West Virginia

Get inside Wall Street with StreetInsider Premium. Claim your 1-week free trial here. Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a leading online casino and sports betting company in the United States, today announced it is adding its industry leading online sportsbook to its existing online casino at BetRivers in West Virginia. Now sports…

Sports ・ 07 June 2022

The Southern Maryland Chronicle

March Maryland Casino Revenue Tops $170 Million In Fourth-Best Month Ever

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…

Finance ・ 07 April 2022

Shore Daily News

With more gambling opportunities nearby, gambling addiction is likely to increase

Until recently, gambling in Virginia meant bingo, the lottery, backroom poker games, or office/social betting pools. It meant trips out of state to casinos in Maryland, Delaware, Atlantic City, or Las Vegas. For years, our main highway, U.S. Route 13, had buses transporting individuals daily between Norfolk and Atlantic City. However, in Virginia,…

Gambling Addiction ・ 01 April 2022

Augusta Free Press

Ohio gambling jobs outlook bolstered

In Virginia's first year of legal sports betting, the state saw a 10.4% increase in its leisure and hospitality segment. This is encouraging for Ohio, which is planning to launch legal sports betting by the end of 2022. Prior to the launch in Virginia in January 2021, the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit & Review Committee said that there would…

Jobs ・ 02 March 2022

WFXR

VA Lottery & VCPG raise awareness about gambling problems

Lottery ・ 01 March 2022

Online Poker Report

PointsBet Casino Live In Three States Following West Virginia Launch

PointsBet Casino is now live in three states, with today's launch in West Virginia. The Australian company's is expanding quickly, and should soon be offering casino games in a fourth state. PointsBet announced on Jan. 20 that it secured online casino license approval in Pennsylvania. Online gamblers in the Mountain State have already been betting…

Sports ・ 26 January 2022

Bristol Herald Courier

Return of those unregulated ‘gray’ gambling machines hurts Virginia

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…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

Newsweek

Lucky Man Buys Two Identical Lottery Tickets, Hits Jackpot Twice

A North Carolina man has defied the odds and won the lottery twice. Scotty Thomas of Fayetteville accidentally bought two identical lottery tickets, and his numbers came up-twice-on November 27. Thomas said: "I was just laying in bed watching a basketball game on TV, and I couldn't remember if I filled it out or not. "I went ahead and filled it out…

Winnings ・ 06 December 2021

The Virginian Pilot

Richmond casino defeat is good news for Hampton Roads, but overall economic impact still unclear, economist says

When it comes to casinos, Richmond's loss is Hampton Roads' gain. Norfolk and Portsmouth's planned casinos could scoop up gamblers from Central Virginia after voters there defeated a casino development in a referendum vote Tuesday, according to a local economist. But the casinos could leech tourism dollars from other area attractions, and their…

Lottery ・ 05 November 2021

Online Poker Report

New Online Casinos Mean More Options For West Virginian Gamblers

West Virginia is the smallest of the full-featured US online gambling markets. As a result, its residents have the fewest options to pick from. That number is increasing, however. In fact, there was a time when DraftKings Casino was the only game in town. Its monopoly only lasted about two weeks before FanDuel Casino arrived on the scene.…

Sports ・ 04 November 2021

Augusta Free Press

Virginia Lottery online play surpasses $1 billion won by players

It was a little more than a year ago - July 1, 2020 - that the Virginia Lottery first began offering some of its games online. The new way of playing the Lottery in Virginia has become such a hit that it has surpassed the $1 billion mark in prizes won by players. In fewer than 16 months, more than 213000 unique players have had more than 196…

Lottery ・ 29 October 2021

WFXR

Players win over $1B in online play from the Virginia Lottery

RICHMOND, Va. (WFXR) - After a little more than a year since the Virginia Lottery launched its online games, players have won more than $1 billion. In fewer than 16 months, more than 213000 unique players have had more than 196 million wins playing at valottery.com. Those figures do not count the traditional retail store locations that offer…

Lottery ・ 27 October 2021

Online Poker Report

Virginians Have Many New Gambling Options, But Not Online Casinos

Virginia lawmakers aren't wasting any time on opening up Old Dominion to legal wagering. The state has authorized construction of five retail casinos at a cost of nearly $2.3 billion. Also in the last year, it passed legislation to create seven licensed online sportsbooks and an iLottery. The only major gambling products absent from this recent…

Sports ・ 27 June 2021

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Want to make a bet? March is ‘Gambling Awareness Month’

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) - Tonight the NCAA tournament bracket is set, and millions will be placing their bets on their picks hoping to win big in their pools. Unfortunately some people have become problem gamblers, but there is help available. March is Problem Gambling Awareness Month and for good reason. "It's no accident that it occurs the same…

Religion ・ 25 June 2021

Richmond Times

Richmond’s November referendum is about a whole lot more than a casino

The decision to approve or reject a casino in Richmond finally is in the people's hands. On Monday evening, the City Council voted 8-1 to place a referendum on this November's ballot. If a majority of voters approve, the ONE Casino+ Resort would be built at Commerce Road and Walmsley Boulevard just off of Interstate 95 in South Richmond.…

Law ・ 16 June 2021

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BetRivers.com Launches Its Award-Winning Online Casino in West Virginia

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 12, 2021-- Rush Street Interactive, Inc. (NYSE: RSI) ("RSI"), a leading online casino and sports betting company in the United States, today announced the launch in West Virginia of its flagship brand and award-winning online casino platform, BetRivers.com, in West Virginia. Through RSI's partnership with Century…

Covid ・ 12 April 2021

WV MetroNews

Calls to Problem Gamblers Help Network up to start 2021

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - More and more, issues with online day trading are prompting calls to the Problem Gamblers Help Network of West Virginia. "Day trading online on your mobile device can be very much like gambling and can contribute to a gambling problem," said Sheila Moran, director of communications for First Choice Services. First Choice…

Gambling Addiction ・ 19 January 2021

Golden Casino News

BetRivers to enter West Virginia online casino market in early 2021

West Virginia's online casino space will soon have another player with the much-awaited debut of BetRivers in early 2021. Backed by Rush Street Interactive in collaboration with Century Casinos, BetRivers acquired a mobile license to operate from the Mountaineer Casino. RSI's online casino and sportsbook has already begun operation in regulated…

Industry ・ 19 January 2021

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Rush Street Interactive partners with Century for online casino in WV

Rush Street will launch its BetRivers.com site in the state, pending licensing and regulatory approval form the West Virgnia Lottery. "As RSI continues the collective expansion of our interactive gaming operations into more states, we look forward to earning the same trust and preference of West Virginians that we have earned of players across the…

Industry ・ 19 January 2021