How these machines are getting around Virginia gambling laws

Senate Bill 212, sponsored by Sen Aaron Rouse, D-Virginia Beach, had proposed repealing a 2020 law that reclassified the slots-style betting

The machines look, sound, feel, and act like slot machines, which are against the law in Virginia But these devices are called “skill machines”

are slot machines predetermined The “skill games” are now listed as illegal gambling in the Virginia code, and those distributing or allowing the machines on retail premises

are slot machines rigged RICHMOND, Va -- Virginia lawmakers passed legislation Friday that would legalize skill games, the slots-like betting machines that