{"id":2508744,"date":"2026-07-19T23:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2508744"},"modified":"2026-07-19T23:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T23:35:48","slug":"virginia-rivers-casino-wants-to-be-the-entertainment-capital-of-hampton-roads-cdc-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/virginia-rivers-casino-wants-to-be-the-entertainment-capital-of-hampton-roads-cdc-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia: Rivers Casino wants to be the \u2018entertainment capital of Hampton Roads\u2019 \u2013 CDC Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-141213 articleHeight\">\n\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"back-link\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/news\/\">\u2190 Back to Newsroom<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<p>\nSunday, July 19, 2026 2:13 PM<\/p>\n<div class=\"ahFull offsiteImage\">\n<div class=\"ahImage\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"align-right attribution\">\n<p><span title=\"Image aggregated from The Virginian-Pilot.\">Image aggregated from The Virginian-Pilot.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"grid-x authorShare\">\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-8 grid-x\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"authorIm\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/themes\/cdc\/iconic\/pilotonline.com.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span id=\"author\">Colin Warren-Hicks, The Virginian-Pilot<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"small-12 medium-4 grid-x align-middle share\">\n<div class=\"ns-buttons ns-inline ns-no-print\">\n<p>Email, LinkedIn, and more<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"CDCart\">\n<p>It\u2019s hard not to look. Digital screens on rows of slot machines, hundreds of them, are twice the size of iPads and three times as bright.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdcgaboba-after-1st-graph cdcgaboba-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;margin-bottom: 1em;\" id=\"cdcgaboba-3358526043\">\n<p>Story continues below<\/p>\n<div id=\"cdcgaboba-982408192\" data-cdcgaboba-trackid=\"140860\" data-cdcgaboba-trackbid=\"1\" data-cdcgaboba-redirect=\"1\" class=\"cdcgaboba-target cdcgaboba-target\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/out\/140860\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"EZ Baccarat top of story\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EZ-Baccarat-top-of-story-260710.jpg\" alt=\"EZ Baccarat top of story\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EZ-Baccarat-top-of-story-260710.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdcgaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/EZ-Baccarat-top-of-story-260710-375x94.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"720\" height=\"180\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shapes, cowboys, lemons and dragons pop in and out as the kaleidoscope of colors draws customers into a trance unbroken by the trill of dings and whistles.<\/p>\n<p>A blackjack dealer shuffles a deck, a familiar crisp drumroll, before dealing cards onto the table. A gambler taps the felt to hit, then hits again and busts. The gaming floor at Rivers Casino in Portsmouth has a water hammer pulse.<\/p>\n<p>Gambling is far from the only attraction. 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Colin Warren-Hicks, The Virginian-Pilot Email, LinkedIn, and more It\u2019s hard not to look. Digital screens on rows of slot machines, hundreds of them, are twice the size of iPads and three times as bright. 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