January 31, 2017
The Lieutenant Governor of Virginia, Ralph Northam, had to use his casting vote in the Senate this week to break a tie on state Senator Louise Lucas’ SB1400, a bill that seeks to decriminalise poker tournaments as games of skill and take them out of the definition of gambling. Senators voted 19 for and against […]
January 26, 2017
Virginia Senator Louise Lucas, who introduced bill S.1400 earlier this month (see previous report) enjoyed early success this week when the Senate General Laws and Technology Committee progressed her bill, albeit on a thin margin of 8 votes to 7. But, progress is progress; this is just the first hurdle as state law requires that […]
January 16, 2017
Virginia state Senator Louise Lucas is nothing if not tenacious…for the third year running she has introduced a bill to the state Senate seeking to legalise poker as a game predominantly one of skill, hoping to ride the crest of the daily fantasy sports legalisation achieved early last year (see previous report). Her bill SB1400 […]