 gaming devices once active in many Virginia gas stations. Now, the people who run the stores and the gas stations, the mom and pop shop, they're all for it. You know, and after the big hit they took after the pandemic and everything, wouldn't they know best to try to make a buck? They employ people. They pay taxes. The General Assembly initially banned skill games in 2020, but then Governor Ralph Northam delayed implementation to help the state raise money for a COVID-19 relief fund. A court case challenged the law, but proponents of the skill games lost, and the ban took effect at the end of the year.