Enforcement: How hard does the regulator enforce?

No enforcement action was identified this cycle; the Virginia Lottery Board's 2026 enforcement and penalty log was not independently pulled from valottery.com. The material development is a new statutory enforcement power rather than an event: HB 515, enacted as Chapter 926 of the 2026 Acts of Assembly and signed April 13, 2026, prohibits the Lottery Director from approving credit cards as a sports-betting account funding method and requires permit holders to take reasonable measures blocking such funding, effective July 1, 2026. This is a durable statutory instrument, not a fragile circular or guidance document, so it should be read as a stable new compliance obligation rather than a provisional position. No consolidated regulator emerged this cycle; a bill to create a unified Gaming Commission failed to pass, leaving the existing Lottery/ABC multi-regulator split unchanged. Sweepstakes casinos remain outside enforcement scope entirely, as no specific statute prohibits their dual-currency model, and the matter has been referred to a Lottery Board study rather than being addressed through enforcement or new licensing requirements.