The Office of Charitable and Regulatory Programs (OCRP) in the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is tasked, in part, with licensing, registering, training, inspecting, auditing, and conducting financial reviews of charitable gaming organizations, suppliers, manufacturers of electronic gaming/pull-tab systems, and network bingo providers as well as registering and training personnel involved in charitable gaming in the Commonwealth.

Information in this report includes the number of charitable gaming licenses and registrations issued by OCRP as well as the number of charitable gaming on-site inspections, training sessions, investigations, audits, and financial reviews conducted by staff.

During fiscal year 2026, OCRP issued 407 charitable gaming licenses and 147 charitable gaming registrations to organizations. Licensed organizations are required to report on their charitable gaming activities on a calendar year basis. During calendar year 2025, these organizations reported approximately $230.8 million in gross sales from bingo, paper pull-tabs, Texas Hold’em poker tournaments, and raffle activities, which is a decrease of approximately $13.4 million from 2024. Manufacturers of electronic gaming/pull-tab systems reported approximately $1.6 billion in gross sales and $1.4 billion in prizes paid out, for a total of $119.5 million in adjusted gross sales. From the gross sales of bingo, paper pull-tabs, Texas Hold’em poker tournaments, and raffle activities, the amount that organizations reported to have donated for charitable, community, educational, or religious purposes decreased by approximately $1.2 million, from $29.0 million in calendar year 2024 to $27.8 million in calendar year 2025. The aggregate use of proceeds (amount the organization uses for its charitable purpose) for all licensed charitable gaming organizations conducting bingo, paper pull-tabs, Texas Hold’em poker tournaments, and raffle activities increased from 11.9 percent in calendar year 2024 to 12.0 percent in calendar year 2025. From the adjusted gross sales of electronic gaming/pull-tab activities, the amount that organizations reported to have donated for charitable, community, educational, or religious purposes increased by approximately $3.1 million, from $26.6 million in calendar year 2024 to $29.7 million in calendar year 2025. The aggregate use of proceeds increased from 23.7 percent in calendar year 2024 to 24.8 percent in calendar year 2025.

OCRP collected approximately $2.5 million in charitable gaming fees, which were deposited into the Commonwealth’s general fund.