New online casino with 2020 status
By Reuters Sports Editor
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New York State Lottery and the New York State Police will begin joint training soon, following the previous announcement by the Virginia State Games Commission that such a move.
The Associated Press news agency reported that the Virginia Gaming Commission was initially scheduled for July 1, 2019, but has now adjusted it to allow a postponement of the start of the new year until at least November.
The New York State Lottery and the New York State Police will begin joint training soon, following the previous announcement by the Virginia State Gaming Commission that such action would be taken.
In Virginia, and its long campaign to legalize casinos, reportedly took a big step forward on Sunday after state lawmakers passed a measure that allowed gambling-friendly venues to be licensed in five different cities. According to a Sunday report from the local television station WSET-TV, the Virginia House of Delegates approved the casino’s proposal yesterday with a 60-35 vote, just 24 hours after the Virginia State Senate approved the bill. same measurement over an equally comfortable range of 27 to 12 ..
The newspaper reported that this legislation was enacted in November by Virginia state senator Lillie Louise Lucas, and now requires the signature of Virginia governor Nathan Deal to become law. This opportunity would allow the cities of Danville, Richmond, Bristol, Portsmouth and Norfolk to hold local referenda starting in November to ask residents if they would like their community to host a casino.
In related news, Richmond’s WWBT-TV broadcaster used a Sunday report to specify that during the same legislative session, local lawmakers passed a second measure that would legalize sports betting within the five proposed casinos. In addition, this legislation would allow the state of approximately 8.5 million people to legalize online and mobile sports betting under the leadership of the Virginia Lottery, with between four and 12 licenses at stake.
The online news domain reported that the latest measure, which likewise requires the consent of the Democratic governor of the southern state before it became law, would not allow players to bet on a college sports event with a team from Virginia. He detailed that the legislation would also prohibit proposed bets on all college sports and that licensed operators should use official league data to settle the stakes in play.
In addition, it has been reported that the Virginia sports betting measure would give licensing preference to professional sports teams wishing to move to “The Old Dominion State” and would require operators to use alternative payment methods such as deposits and prepayments.
In Oregon, lottery officials will reveal that the new mobile sports betting service launched in October is about to lose nearly $ 5.3 million over the first nine months of the company’s operations.