2025 Regular SessionVirginia Legislature

HB2171: Virginia Lottery; Internet gaming authorized, penalties.

Legislative Summary

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 application fee of $1 million. The tax rate is set at 15 percent of an Internet gaming operator's adjusted gross Internet gaming revenue with 2.5 percent allocated to the Problem Gambling Treatment and Support Fund and the remaining 97.5 percent allocated to the general fund.

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Bill History

1/7/2025
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100785D
House of Delegates
1/7/2025
Referred to Committee on General Laws
House of Delegates
1/9/2025
Impact statement from VCSC (HB2171)
House of Delegates
1/17/2025
Assigned GL sub: ABC/Gaming
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2171)
House of Delegates
1/21/2025
Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
House of Delegates
2/5/2025
Left in General Laws
House of Delegates

Roll Call Votes

Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (7-Y 0-N)
1/21/2025
7
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
2
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(1/7/2025)
Chamber
House of Delegates
Committee
General Laws(House of Delegates)

Sponsors

Democrat: 1

Primary Sponsor

Marcus Simon
Marcus Simon
Democrat

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text1/7/202553.2 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/21/2025135.2 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis1/9/2025168.1 KB