The long-running and hard-fought General Assembly battle over skill games is coming down to how much tougher Virginia will be than other states that allow the slot machine-like devices in convenience stores, gas stations and truck stops.
Unusual alliances, including some of the General Assembly’s most liberal and most conservative legislators in opposition, face shrinking but still strong enough support for legalization in a bipartisan coalition swayed by arguments that the games are a source of revenue for mom-and-pop convenience stores that would otherwise have to close their doors.
Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
