The Pamunkey is working on plans for a $700 million casino in nearby New Kent County. An artist’s rendering illuminates plans by the Pamunkey Tribe to open a resort and gaming development could bring the first casino to Virginia. “I have a long record of opposing the expansion of gaming in Virginia, particularly casino gambling,” Cox said via email. “I do not believe opening the Commonwealth to casino gambling is in the state’s long-term best interests.”But his party is changing. “Now that Maryland has opened their casino, we have gambling in pretty much all the states around Virginia,” he said.

Source: Washington Post May 05, 2018 20:48 UTC