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The City of Danville will soon be able to blow their money at the slots to their hearts' content, as the Virginia Lottery has given its final stamp of approval to a new casino approved by city residents three years ago.
It "will be interesting to see how much Danville and Pittsylvania County change on May 15," Del. Danny Marshall said of the temporary casino's opening.
To open early 2023 Rivers Casino Portsmouth (rendering).
The big winner for the fiscal year ending on June 30, 2022, was K-12 public education in Virginia. The Virginia Lottery had record-setting profits in 2021-22 which resulted in a distribution of $779.6 million for public schools in the Commonwealth.
The grand opening date of Virginia's first casino is inching closer and closer.