Legal gaming; JLARC to study whether stand-alone oversight agcy. would allow more focused oversight.

Study; JLARC; whether a stand-alone gaming oversightagency would allow for more focused oversight of all types of legalgaming in the Commonwealth and alleviate potential conflicts of interest;report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commissionto study whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allowfor more focused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealthand alleviate potential conflicts of interest by (i) evaluating whetherthe current oversight and regulatory structure of the different typesof legal gaming result in varying compliance standards with regardto similar gaming devices which could unintentionally cause a competitiveadvantage to one industry over another; (ii) reporting on the currentcosts for each existing gaming oversight agency to regulate the gamingfor which it is responsible; (iii) determining whether the overallcosts to oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of legal gamingin the Commonwealth would be lower if all such types of gaming were housed under a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; (iv) conductingresearch to determine potential methods of housing, and the stepsnecessary to house, all legalized gaming under a stand-alone gamingoversight agency; and (v) determining the potential necessity forand specific composition of a centralized gaming oversight boardthat would best ensure compliance with ethical requirements and asubstantial decrease in the number of potential conflicts of interest.