SB 751 Virginia Senate · 2020 Regular Session

Charitable gaming; regulations of the Charitable Gaming Board.

Summary
Charitable gaming; regulations of the Charitable Gaming Board; creation of systems to ensure the integrity of certain games. Requires the Charitable Gaming Board to adopt regulations that create a system for ensuring the integrity of the management, operation, and conduct of instant bingo, pull tabs, and seal cards. The bill also requires the Board to adopt regulations that create a system that requires each electronic game of chance device approved by the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to be connected to a central monitoring and audit system for the purpose of ensuring the integrity of such devices. The bill requires that such system provide the ability to audit and account for device revenues and distributions in a timely and accurate manner. The bill requires that each electronic game of chance device store certain specified information and that such information also be stored on a server, which shall be backed up at least once per day to an offsite storage facility controlled by the qualified organization. The bill provides that the regulations shall require that the server and offsite backup storage be accessible to the Board and employees of the Board and subject to third-party checks and validation as may be required by the Board. Finally, the bill requires the Board to adopt regulations that prohibit the remote modification or manipulation of Department-approved electronic games of chance.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Jan 2020
Senate Passage
Jan 2020
House of Delegates Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 Last action Jan 29, 2020
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
5
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Jan 29, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed by indefinitely in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
upper
Jan 21, 2020
Committee
Assigned GL&T sub: Gaming
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Committee
Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
upper
Jan 8, 2020
Introduced
Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20105103D
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Bryce Reeves
RRepublican
VA
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