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2022 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Sports Betting Revenues (language only)

Item 494 #2c

Item 494 #2c

Independent Agencies
Virginia Lottery

Language

Page 517, after line 8, insert:

"E. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 58.1-4030 and § 58.1-4037, Code of Virginia, a permit holder, through the first 12 months of sports betting activity, may exclude from adjusted gross revenue the value of allowable bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers. After the first 12 months of sports betting activity, a permit holder is prohibited from excluding from adjusted gross revenue any bonuses or promotions provided to bettors as an incentive to place or as a result of their having placed Internet sports betting wagers. The provisions of this paragraph begin the first month a permit holder collects wagers related to sports betting, as defined in § 58.1-4030, Code of Virginia."



Explanation

(This amendment prohibits sports betting operators from excluding bonuses or promotions used to encourage betting from their adjusted gross revenue 12 months after they begin sports betting activity in Virginia. This change that will positively impact general fund revenues.)