HISTORY OF SKILL GAMING IN VA
Early 2020, Lawmakers voted to ban skill gaming machines in Virginia effective July 1, 2020. In April, 2020 the Governor overturned the skill gaming ban in VA under the following orders:
The Distributor of Skill Games must pay $1,200.00 per game per month in taxes to the COVID-19 Relief Fund.
Beginning July 1, 2020 and each month following until July 1, 2021 the Distributor must report to ABC Authority the total number of games, their locations, amount of money played, and amount of money paid out.
Only those skill games that were provided by a distributor and available for play in ABC retail licensees and truck stops on June 30, 2020, may continue to operate on or after July 1, 2020.
Violations of this are subject to a Civil penalty of not less that $25,000.00 and not more than $50,000.00 per incident.