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Virginia SenateHB 161

Virginia Lottery; internet gaming authorized, definitions, penalties, effective clause.

Passed 21–17Crossed party lines

What it does: Virginia Lottery; casinos; internet gaming authorized; penalties. Authorizes internet gaming in the Commonwealth to be regulated by the Virginia Lottery Board. The bill requires a casino gaming operator that intends to conduct internet gaming to submit a separate notice of intent to the Director of the Virginia Lottery for each internet gaming platform that it intends to offer accompanied by a $2 million platform fee that is to be deposited into the Internet Gaming Platform Fee Holding Fund for the purpose of funding start-up costs and other costs associated with the implementation and… (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Passed Senate with substitute

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The tally

Yes 21 · No 17 · Not voting 2

Bar: green = yes, brown = no, striped = not voting.

Votes by party
PartyYesNoNot voting
Democrats1632
Republicans5140

Most Democrats voted yes; most Republicans voted no. 8 members voted against their party’s majority.

Voted against their party’s majority

The full roll (40)

“Not voting” is a recorded non-vote, not a reason for the absence. Parties come from public rosters; how we count.