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Virginia Lottery; casinos; internet gaming authorized; penalties. Authorizes internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill permits the Board to issue an internet gaming operator license to a casino gaming operator that submits an application on forms approved by the Board, meets certain qualifications, and pays an initial licensing fee of $500,000. The tax rate is set at 20 percent of an internet gaming operator's adjusted gross internet gaming revenue with three percent allocated to the Gaming Regulatory Fund, two percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund, and 95 percent allocated to the Modern Public Education Fund.
Introduced
Jan 5, 2026
Last Action
Mar 4, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Conferees appointed by House
Conferees appointed by Senate
Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
House requested conference committee
House insisted on substitute
House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
Passed House with substitute (70-Y 29-N 0-A)
Engrossed by House - committee substitute
committee substitute agreed to
Read third time
House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin
Senate Conferees: Locke, McPike, Pillion
Read second time
Reported from Appropriations (17-Y 4-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/25/2026 1:05 pm)
Assigned HAPP sub: Commerce Agriculture & Natural Resources
Committee substitute printed 26108502D-H1
House committee offered
Reported from General Laws with substitute and referred to Appropriations (16-Y 4-N)
Placed on Calendar
Referred to Committee on General Laws
Read first time
Read third time and passed Senate (19-Y 17-N 0-A)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB118)
Read third time and defeated by Senate (19-Y 20-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of defeated action agreed to by Senate (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day
Reconsideration of Passed by for the day agreed to (36-Y 0-N 0-A)
Reconsideration of
Passed Senate
Fiscal Impact Review From JLARC (2/13/2026 4:12 pm)
Passed by for the day
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute rejected (Voice Vote)
Committee substitute printed 26107625D-S2
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (2/11/2026 4:15 pm)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (8-Y 6-N 1-A)
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/30/2026 1:24 pm)
Committee substitute printed 26106275D-S1
Reported from General Laws and Technology with substitute and rereferred to Finance and Appropriations (9-Y 6-N)
Senate committee offered
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
Senate subcommittee offered
Fiscal Impact statement From VCSC (1/8/2026 4:57 pm)
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26101132D
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House Conferees: Simon, Krizek, Austin
Mamie E. Locke