The time of the “Wild West” for charitable gaming in Virginia is over. The state’s Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has now joined the list of agencies regulating Virginia gambling, making electronic bingo and Texas hold’em games played to benefit charities in the state part of the regulated gambling industry.
Among other things, that means the state will have oversight of how much of the money played goes to charities. If the department can adequately enforce that facet of the business, it could mean charities get a much bigger piece of the pie.
Bingo and poker games for charity have been happening in Virginia for over a decade.
