A 2025 iGaming legalization candidate has already seen its efforts defeated.
Virginia lawmakers will not consider real money online casino gaming legislation this year after the bill’s sponsor Monday withdrew the proposal for 2025. The Senate subcommittee on gaming agreed unanimously to Sen. Mamie Locke’s motion to further study the bill with the intention it would be reconsidered in 2026.The bill would have allowed regulated real money slots, table games and poker via mobile devices statewide.
The Virginia online casino gaming bill would have been good news for Caesars, Boyd, Rush Street and Hard Rock, with each essentially guaranteed to get an iGaming platform launch via their operations of brick-and-mortar casinos in the state; attention shifts to 2026MGM, which operates MGM National Harbor casino in Maryland feet from the Virginia border, would also be a top contender to seek a license.
With a potential financial hit to the lottery, which funds hundreds of millions of dollars in annual education programs, online casino gaming likely needs higher tax rates to be politically feasible. The study also found that iGaming could hurt tax revenue from the brick-and-mortar casinos. If the Fairfax casino authorization passes the General Assembly and earns local approvals, it also alters the calculus of online casinos. Under Locke’s proposal, there would be six casinos, meaning the potential for up to 18 online casino brands.These issues in Virginia are in addition to political roadblocks that have thwarted iGaming legalization in most other states.
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