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Comparing House and Senate versions of the 2024 Alabama legal gaming bills
All six members of the Alabama House and Senate conference committee reached an agreement on the distinct versions of the legal gambling framework.
Yellowhammer News | 04/30/2024
A plan to authorize an Alabama lottery and 10 casinos fell one vote short of approval in the Alabama Senate on Tuesday night.
AL.com | 05/01/2024
On Thursday, the Alabama House of Representatives passed a motion of nonconcurrence on the Senate’s gaming substitute to send the gambling bill to a six-member conference committee.
Yellowhammer News | 04/04/2024
For most of the country, buying a lottery ticket is as simple as driving to the nearest convenience store or gas station.
WKRG | 03/22/2024
A plan for an Alabama lottery and other state-regulated gambling apparently will not advance in the Legislature this week.
AL.com | 03/19/2024
The Alabama Senate on Thursday advanced a scaled-back gambling proposal — allowing a state lottery and electronic wagering machines at several locations in the state — as lawmakers try to strike a compromise that can win the needed votes in both chambers.
Alabama Public Radio | 03/08/2024
Alabama’s gaming bills passed the Senate Committee on Tuesday. The two bills, House Bill 151 and House Bill 152, will now move to the full Senate for a vote.
WBMA | 03/06/2024
An Alabama Senate committee approved a scaled-back version of gambling legislation on Tuesday, bills that would authorize a lottery but would not include sports betting or full casino games.
AL.com | 03/06/2024
The senator handling the legislation to allow voters to decide whether to authorize a lottery, casinos, and legal sports betting in Alabama said the plan does not have the votes to pass at this point.
AL.com | 02/20/2024
A plan to allow an Alabama lottery, casinos, and legal sports betting advanced Wednesday in the Alabama House of Representatives.
AL.com | 02/14/2024
Reps. Chris Blackshear, R-Phenix City, and Andy Whitt, R-Madison, introduced two bills in the Alabama House of Representatives on Thursday that would authorize a state lottery, casinos, legal sports betting, and a new Alabama Gaming Commission.
AL.com | 02/08/2024
Gov. Kay Ivey delivered her seventh State of the State address at the Capitol Tuesday night and said she would support legislation to give Alabama voters a chance to decide whether to approve a lottery as part of what she called a limited expansion of legal gambling and a crackdown on illegal gambling.
AL.com | 02/06/2024
When it convenes on Tuesday, the Alabama Legislature is expected to renew its focus on some unfinished business from 2023, including allowing more public money to fund students in private schools and criminalizing some absentee ballot collections.
Alabama Daily News | 02/04/2024
Gambling is illegal in the state of Alabama, but let’s face the facts: our weak, confusing laws are not stopping Alabamians from participating or bad actors from profiting.
Alabama Daily News | 01/23/2024
Rep. Andy Whitt, R-Harvest, who has led a group of legislators studying gambling over the last 14 months, said the bill is still in the works and declined to release details.
AL.com | 01/10/2024
A state senator plans to introduce legislation allowing Georgians to decide on a constitutional amendment allowing casino gambling, sports betting, and pari-mutuel wagering.
The Center Square | 12/06/2023
Alabama may be poised to resolve the long-standing debate on gaming and finally let its people decide.
Alabama Political Reporter | 11/28/2023
Lots of gambling bills have come up over the years in the Legislature, but very few did so with House leadership support.
Alabama Political Reporter | 11/15/2023
Alabama lawmakers will resume a quarter-century quest – the idea of legalized gambling – during the 2024 legislative session, one year after placing the issue completely on hold.
AL.com | 11/12/2023
Alabama legislators may soon be considering more gambling options.
Card Player | 10/16/2023
Next year’s legislative session will open in just four months. Democratic lawmakers are preparing by hosting their seventh annual Pro-Growth Policy Conference to help shape the party’s 2024 legislative priorities.
WSFA 12 | 10/11/2023
Alabama’s Speaker of the House said if the state doesn’t pass gaming legislation soon, the illegal gambling operations will continue to flourish in the Yellowhammer State.
Yellowhammer | 09/25/2023
Ledbetter speculated that without a regulatory framework in place, the problem would continue to grow and could result in something akin to organized crime.
1819 News | 09/04/2023
The Senate has an ambitious 27-bill special order calendar to address, as well as remaining local bills and senate confirmations.
Alabama Today | 06/01/2023
The American Gaming Association (AGA) released survey results on Selection Sunday, and a quarter of all American adults (68 million) plan to wager an estimated $15.5 billion on this year’s 2023 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament.
Forbes | 03/12/2023
Fox 10’s Eric Reynolds interviews Poarch Creek Tribal Vice Chair Robbie McGhee on the Tribe and it’s successes.
FOX 10 | 01/14/2023
Poarch Creek Tribal Vice Chair Robbie McGhee and Tribal Council Member Arthur Mothershed discuss the recent documentary (The Forgotten Creeks) and the latest with gaming in Alabama.
CAPITOL JOURNAL | 12/09/2022
In case you missed it: Poarch Creek tribal chair: We’re not giving up on Alabamians’ right to vote on gaming, lottery – Poarch Band of Creek Indians (pci-nsn.gov)
Yellowhammer.com | 05/20/2021
Poarch Creek Indians Chair: Alabamians deserve opportunity to vote on lottery, gaming – Poarch Band of Creek Indians (pci-nsn.gov)
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