Virginia: Richmond plans to hold a second casino vote in November, despite state budget’s language

Virginia: Richmond plans to hold a second casino vote in November, despite state budget’s language

Article brief provided by RIchmond Free Press
  • Jeremy M. Lazarus, RIchmond Free Press
June 24, 2022 7:23 PM
  • Jeremy M. Lazarus, RIchmond Free Press

Gov. Glenn A. Youngkin refused to intervene to help Richmond gain a second chance to secure a casino-resort, which aids those seeking to have the casino go to Petersburg and leaves advocates for a Richmond casino fuming.

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While the governor sent nearly 40 amendments to the two-year state budget for the General Assembly to consider, he never touched the language that legislators adopted in hammering out the final version.

That language bars Richmond from holding a second referendum for at least a year and bars the casino-regulating Virginia Lottery from considering an application for a Richmond casino license for at least 12 months should the issue get on the Richmond ballot and pass.