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

Study; JLARC;whether a stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for morefocused oversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealthand alleviate potential conflicts of interest; report. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study whethera stand-alone gaming oversight agency would allow for more focusedoversight of all types of legal gaming in the Commonwealth and alleviatepotential conflicts of interest by (i) evaluating whether the currentoversight and regulatory structure of the different types of legalgaming result in varying compliance standards with regard to similargaming devices which could unintentionally cause a competitive advantageto one industry over another; (ii) reporting on the current costsfor each existing gaming oversight agency to regulate the gaming forwhich it is responsible; (iii) determining whether the overall coststo oversee, regulate, and enforce violations of legal gaming in theCommonwealth would be lower if all such types of gaming were housedunder a stand-alone gaming oversight agency; (iv) conducting researchto determine potential methods of housing, and the steps necessaryto house, all legalized gaming under a stand-alone gaming oversightagency; and (v) determining the potential necessity for and specific composition of a centralized gaming oversight board that would best ensure compliance with ethical requirements and a substantial decreasein the number of potential conflicts of interest.