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Virginians bet nearly $426M on sports in April
Handle up 6.6% from April 2022
Virginians wagered $425.98 million in April, up 6.6% from the year prior, according to data released June 1 by the Virginia Lottery. About $422 million in sports betting revenue came
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Va. casinos report $35.4M in April revenue
Rivers Casino, Hard Rock state tax revenue totals $6.37M
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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
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
Virginia ABC to hold Secretariat bourbon lottery
Va. residents can win chance to buy bottles signed by Big Red's jockey
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Bourbon fans should gallop to enter the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority’s online lottery later this month for 187 autographed bottles of Secretariat Reserve Straight Bourbon, celebrating the 50th anniversary
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 Lottery reports record $3.75B in revenue
Sales up about 15% from FY21
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The Virginia Lottery posted record sales of $3.75 billion and a record of almost $779.6 million in profits for fiscal year 2022, the lottery’s board announced Tuesday. Sales increased roughly
Gee appointed permanent director of Va. Lottery
She served as acting director since January
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Friday he has appointed Kelly T. Gee as permanent executive director of the Virginia Lottery, after she served as acting director since January. When she joined
Golden Nugget pulls out of Va. after DraftKings acquisition
Merger will not free up Va. license
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DraftKings Inc. closed its acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming Inc., the Boston-based company announced last week, and Golden Nugget will therefore no longer operate in Virginia. Golden Nugget Online