Posts Tagged Gambling
Gambling interests are investing heavily in Virginia’s legislative process
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Uncategorized, Virginia's News on November 19, 2025
Gambling interests are hoping to strike it rich in the next General Assembly session. Michael Pope reports.
iGaming, a form of online gambling, debated by Virginia legislators
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on August 19, 2025
Virginia has vastly expanded gambling over the past few years, and another new form, iGaming, was debated at a committee hearing in Richmond Tuesday morning. Brad Kutner has this report.
Virginia’s new gambling agency, skill game monitor considered
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 24, 2024
The failure of Virginia lawmakers to legalize skill games in the 2024 session has raised questions about a special summer session to address the issue. But with record profits coming in, some want the state to remake its gambling oversight system first. Brad Kutner has more.
State lawmakers say Virginia needs a unified approach to gambling regulation
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 2, 2023
Recent years have seen an explosion of legal gambling options in Virginia. And, as Michael Pope tells us, lawmakers are now talking about creating a gambling commission to oversee the industry.
Gambling in Virginia? Casinos Will Likely Be a Hot Topic for Lawmakers in January
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on November 22, 2019
Credit: Matthew Powell / Flickr
Lawmakers in Richmond are about to place their bets on casino gambling. They’ll get a much-anticipated report on Monday. Michael Pope reports.
Casinos May Be on the Way to Some Economically Struggling Communities in Virginia
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on May 7, 2019
Credit: Images Money / taxrebate.org.uk / Flickr
Will Virginia voters press their luck with casinos? Michael Pope has details.
A Casino Push in Bristol, Danville and Portsmouth
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on January 14, 2019
Credit: TaxRebate.org.uk / Flickr
Could casinos be the key to bringing jobs and revenue to some parts of the state? A bipartisan group of lawmakers thinks so. The effort is targeted to three Virginia localities. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
Subscribe to our RSS Feed
From NPR News- U.S. launches strikes in Syria targeting Islamic State fighters after American deaths
- White House announces new round of drug-price deals
- Trump's push to end transgender care for young people opposed by pediatricians
- It was called the Kennedy Center, but 3 different presidents shaped it
- DOJ releases Epstein files and the first batch is short on new information
- Judge blocks HUD homelessness overhaul, rebukes agency for causing 'chaos'
- Scientists push back on Trump plan to break up a critical climate and weather center
- A Reddit post helped find MIT and Brown shooting suspect. Here's what we know
- He's the first African musician to get a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
- Millions of soon-to-be uninsured Americans are looking for a 'plan B'
- From BBC News
- Who and what is in the Epstein files?
- David Walliams denies inappropriate behaviour after publisher drops him
- US carries out 'massive' strike against IS in Syria
- What's really going on with flu this winter?
- Rosenberg: Was Putin's response to my question about war in Europe an olive branch?
- Joshua stops Paul in sixth round of Miami mismatch
- Australia was seen as a world leader in gun control - Bondi has exposed a more complicated reality
- Timothée Chalamet teams up with EsDeeKid to quash alter-ego rumours
- Harry and Meghan embrace their children in Christmas message
- Palestinians tell BBC they were sexually abused in Israeli prisons
Virginia Public Radio 