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Bentley to appoint gambling advisory council, says enforcement up to locals
Rickey StokesViewed: 2151
Posted by: RStokes
Date: Oct 03 2016 4:16 PM
Gov. Robert Bentley this afternoon announced he is creating an advisory council on gambling to try to resolve ongoing disagreements over electronic bingo and other issues.
Bentley said the council will present findings and recommendations to him, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh and House Speaker Mac McCutcheon by January 1.
Bentley said he believes voters must have a say in clarifying gambling laws in Alabama through a proposed constitutional amendment presented by the Legislature.
He did not way what that should include.
The governor also stressed a point he first made last year -- that sheriffs and district attorneys should lead the way on enforcing gambling laws in their counties, as opposed to the state leading enforcement.Today's announcement comes after Bentley and Attorney General Luther Strange sent letters to officials in Lowndes and Macon counties telling them that electronic bingo operations there were illegal.
The letters mentioned VictoryLand in Macon County and White Hall and Southern Star in Lowndes County.
Bentley and Strange asked the sheriffs and district attorneys in those counties to give their plans for enforcing the law by Sept. 30.
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