A nonprofit running charitable gaming at a Richmond bingo hall is trying to block the city’s latest effort to bring a casino resort to Southside.
A Richmond Circuit Court judge signed an order in late July to allow the city’s top election administrator to add a citywide referendum on the Nov. 7 ballot asking voters if they want a casino. In 2021, voters narrowly rejected Richmond’s first casino pitch.
Richmond Lodge No. 1 of the Good Lions, Inc., which holds charitable gaming twice a week at Pop’s Bingo World, filed motions on Aug. 11 to intervene – or enter the proceeding – and ask a judge to reverse the court’s decision for the voter referendum.
