The bid to legalize skill games that has been put on a fast track in the state Senate was derailed on Friday when a special House of Delegates panel gutted the House version of the Senate bill.

Del. Paul Krizek, D-Fairfax, submitted a 70-plus page replacement to the House version of this year’s Senate bill to legalize the games, with significantly higher license fees and taxes and stricter oversight of the machines’ operations.

Read the full story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.