Persistence has paid off for Virginia state Sen. Mamie Locke as her bill to legalize internet casino gaming in the Old Dominion advanced out of the upper chamber’s General Laws Committee on Wednesday.
Locke made amendments to the responsible gaming provisions of SB 118, which had been voted down 4-3 with one abstention last Friday. Committee Chairman Jeff McPike, who abstained last week, had told Locke prior to the vote he wanted “legislation that really ups the game in terms of problem gaming.”
He got his wish, calling the amendments worked on with Locke “more prescriptive in the statute, probably more than any other state in the United States at this point.”
