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Va. casinos report $35.4M in April revenue
Rivers Casino, Hard Rock state tax revenue totals $6.37M
Gaming revenues from Virginia’s two casinos open in April totaled $35.4 million last month, according to data released Monday from the Virginia Lottery. Rivers Casino Portsmouth, which received its casino
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Caesars Danville opens temporary casino
Tentlike temp facility is next to $650M casino under construction
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Virginia’s third casino opened its doors Monday in Danville to hundreds of guests lined up to take a look inside Caesars Virginia’s 40,000-square-foot temporary casino. While the $650 million permanent
Virginians bet almost $512M on sports in March
Wagers increase 9% from last March
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Virginians won $456 million but bet $511.6 million on sports in March, a 9% increase in betting expenditures over March 2022, according to data released Monday by the Virginia Lottery.
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Lottery approves Danville Caesars casino’s license
Third license awarded in Virginia
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UPDATED: April 26, 4 p.m. 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
Virginians wager $433M on sports in February
Sports betting revenues up 7.9% from last year
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Virginians bet more than $433.8 million on sports in February, according to data released Friday by the Virginia Lottery. Virginia sports bettors won more than $394 million in February. More
Virginians bet $513M on sports in January
Wagers up 5.7% from last year
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Virginians bet more than $513 million on sports in January, according to data released Wednesday by the Virginia Lottery. Almost $511 million of that revenue came from mobile operators, with
Virginia hold ’em
State’s first two casinos now open
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The slot machines are already ringing out in Bristol and Portsmouth, where Virginia’s first commercial casinos opened during the past year. The state’s first permanent casino, Rivers Casino Portsmouth, opened
Second Petersburg casino bill dies in Senate committee
Richmond referendum’s fate up to budget conferees
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Updated Friday, Feb. 17 Petersburg voters won’t get an opportunity to approve a casino this fall, and Richmond may get a second chance to vote on a casino referendum in
Petersburg casino bill passes Va. House
Bill will progress to state Senate
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The Virginia House of Delegates narrowly passed a bill Tuesday that would allow Petersburg residents to vote on a casino referendum this fall. The legislation moves next to the Virginia
Morrissey’s Petersburg casino bill fails in Senate Finance
House bill is still alive, though
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Updated Friday, Feb. 3 With an 7-8 no vote Thursday evening, the Virginia Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee killed state Sen. Joe Morrissey’s measure to bring a casino referendum to