Virginia

Petersburg Withholds $1.4B Casino Proposal, Stirs Transparency Concerns Amid Controversial Selection Process

Petersburg, Virginia officials have declined to release the winning proposal for the city's ambitious casino project, citing the cancellation of the competitive bidding process and the absence of an awarded con...

Petersburg City Council Votes Cordish to Develop Casino Complex

After a members-only meeting that lasted over an hour and a half, the Petersburg City Council, VA, suddenly voted unanimously on April 24 to select Cordish Companies, the company with headquarters in Baltimore,...

Virginia Governor’s Amendments Return Skill Game Bill to General Assembly for Further Consideration

Following the recent legalization of slot machine-like games of skill in Virginia, the 2024 General Assembly session is currently home to the debate over Senate Bill 2012, passed to legalize electronic skill ga...

888 Holdings Terminates Sports Illustrated Deal; to Start Withdrawing from US Market

A worldwide famous gaming and betting corporation, 888 Holdings, is set to leave the US gaming market. The group has notified the investors that it commenced a strategic review of its B2C operations in the Stat...

Lawmaker Proposes Casino Development in Fairfax County in Virginia

After the post-pandemic decline in tax revenues in northern Virginia's s Fairfax County, some lawmakers consider options to recover this key economic driver of the state. Additionally incited by the proliferati...

Pamunkey Indian Tribe Resubmits Amended Plans For Proposed HeadWaters Resort and Casino Project

It was recently reported that the Pamunkey Indian Tribe and its team responsible for casino development have filed the plans for the proposed HeadWaters Resort and Casino project again. However, these plans dis...

Kindred Group Leaves North America and Norway; Reduces Number of Employees

Kindred Group, an online gaming operator of casino, poker, bingo, and sports betting, announces that the group will continue to exit the North American market expecting to complete the process by the end of Q2 ...

Fanatics Betting And Gaming Launches Fanatics Sportsbook In Virginia

Recently, the online and retail sports betting division of Fanatics Holdings Inc., Fanatics Betting and Gaming, officially debuted the most innovative online sportsbook in Virginia. Sports enthusiasts from Virg...

Combined Income From Virginia’s 3 Casinos Reaches Almost $50M; HR Bristol Exceeds $215 Million Since Official Opening

It was recently reported that Bristol Casino: The Future Home Of Hard Rock, exceeded over $215 million in adjusted gaming income last month, aka October, approximately 16 months after officially opening its doo...