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The four-member Virginia Lottery Board has reportedly approved a wide-ranging set of proposed rules that have been designed to regulate how the southern state’s soon-to-premiere collection of five commercial land-based casinos are to be run.
According to a report from the Associated Press news service, the consent from the Virginia regulator means that the envisioned regulations are to now be sent for the required approval of Governor Ralph Northam (pictured) before being subjected to a 60-day public comment period. The source also detailed that the decrees will then be formally placed into the rulebooks should this obligatory process result in no major stumbling blocks.
Momentous modification:
Home to approximately 8.6 million people, Virginia was previously one of the few remaining American states where casino gambling was outlawed. However, the news service reported that all of this changed last November when the electorate approved a constitutional amendment that gave five disparate communities subject to local plebiscites the right to build and run large gambling-friendly premises offering slots as well as a plethora of table games including poker.
The four-member Virginia Lottery Board has reportedly approved a wide-ranging set of proposed rules that have been designed to regulate how the southern state’s soon-to-premiere collection of five commercial land-based casinos are to be run.
According to a report from the Associated Press news service, the consent from the Virginia regulator means that the envisioned regulations are to now be sent for the required approval of Governor Ralph Northam (pictured) before being subjected to a 60-day public comment period. The source also detailed that the decrees will then be formally placed into the rulebooks should this obligatory process result in no major stumbling blocks.
Momentous modification:
Home to approximately 8.6 million people, Virginia was previously one of the few remaining American states where casino gambling was outlawed. However, the news service reported that all of this changed last November when the electorate approved a constitutional amendment that gave five disparate communities subject to local plebiscites the right to build and run large gambling-friendly premises offering slots as well as a plethora of table games including poker.
