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With regulated gambling quadrupling in the five years since Virginia expanded legal betting options – it hit $12.4 billion last year - the state is about to ...

Phillip Harris of Rosie's Richmond general manager, raised his hand as the grand opening of Rosie's Richmond Gaming Emporium was held on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond on Monday, July 1, 2019. Rosie's in Richmond Richmond voters rejected a casino but Mayor Levar Stoney hopes they will get a chance to reconsider. At that point the regulated take from charitable gaming was $260 million, while the unregulated electronic pull tabs were taking in $790 million. Petersburg is trying for permission to open one while keeping Richmond from taking that route. It may mean that the actual percentage of the money betters lay down that goes to charity is below 10%. The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, which regulates charitable gaming, had wanted a 40% minimum. Phillip Harris of Rosie's Richmond general manager, spoke as the grand opening of Rosie's Richmond Gaming Emporium was held on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond on Monday, July 1, 2019. From an electronic pull-tab “handle” – the jargon term for the money betters lay down – of just under $107 million in 2013, gambling with those devices jumped to a peak of more than $964 million in 2019. They also make sure the state Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has a way of tracking that charities and betters get a fair deal. The grand opening of Rosie's Richmond Gaming Emporium was held on Midlothian Turnpike in Richmond on Monday, July 1, 2019. The technology of electronic bingo and pull tab devices fit the bill.