Richmond Voters Reject ONE Casino In Virginia Referendum
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Richmond voters rejected the construction of a $565 million casino with retail sports betting. The media group Urban One and Pacific Peninsula Entertainment spent more than $1 million in advertising to drum up support for the referendum. The project called for a casino to be built in an industrial area of the city where tobacco titan Philip Morris once operated. Virginia made it legal for five cities to have brick-and-mortar casinos last November.
Richmond residents voted against the ONE Casino + Resort project. Alfred Liggins and his family are disappointed. The project would have provided the financial resources to improve schools and roads. Urban One has been a part of the fabric of Richmond for the last 22 years.
Nashua, New Hampshire, residents voted to allow a DraftKings retail sportsbook. New York and Massachusetts have not legalized sports betting. Draft Kings is the only sportsbooks operator in New England. Portsmouth voters voted against allowing KENO 603 bingo games. in Portsmouth. Richmond voters rejected a proposal to open a ONE Casino in Virginia.
Voters in New Jersey rejected a constitutional amendment that would have opened the state to wagers on Jersey-based collegiate teams and events. The state's law prohibits wagering on Rutgers football games, Seton Hall basketball, and similar in-state sports.
