The estate of the late Virginia Sen. Yvonne Miller, the first Black woman to serve in both chambers of the General Assembly, is suing a skill-game company over a flier that featured what the lawsuit says was an unauthorized photo of Miller as part of a 2021 lobbying campaign to keep the slots-like machines legal.

The lawsuit, filed in Portsmouth Circuit Court last week, seeks $1.35 million in damages against business entities affiliated with Queen of Virginia, one of the state’s leading suppliers of the electronic gaming machines that rapidly spread to many Virginia sports bars, convenience stores and truck stops.

The legislature has tried to ban the machines, which look similar to slot machines but have a small element of skill that the industry argues shields them from anti-gambling laws.