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Subcommittee advances bill lowering lottery-public-disclosure threshold from $10 million to $1 million after split vote and questions about oversight
Summary
House Bill 1799, which would reduce the public-disclosure threshold for Virginia Lottery winners from $10,000,000 to $1,000,000, was reported by the subcommittee after discussion on anonymity, verification and oversight; the measure passed the subcommittee with six yeas and two abstentions.
Delegate Delia Wyatt introduced House Bill 1799 at the committee's request on behalf of a constituent who said she had been harassed after her $1,000,000 prize in 2020 was publicized by the Virginia Lottery.
The bill would change the disclosure threshold in current law so that winners of prizes exceeding $1,000,000 would be treated the same as winners now protected at $10,000,000: their identifying information would not be disclosed without consent. "A constituent wants to be anonymous," Delegate Wyatt said, describing repeated unwanted contact and scam…
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