The Virginia House of Delegates this week gave approval to a bill that would allow the Old Dominion to create its own currency, but you should rest easy knowing that Dave Matthews won’t be on it.

Radio listeners might have heard the kind of annoying commercials on BP/Amoco’s Gold Standard Game, which rewards customers for purchasing more than eight gallons of Amoco Ultimate by offering a chance to win “free gas for life” — that is, a $1,200 Amoco Ultimate prepaid gas card every year for 50 years. With an eight gallon purchase, customers receive a scratch-off card with two chances to win — once at the station, and once by…