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Senate approves comprehensive gaming bill, but not without some weirdness

Rickey Stokes

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Date: Apr 14 2021 7:38 PM

Alabama voters moved one step closer Tuesday to finally being allowed to vote on legalizing a statewide lottery, casino gaming and sports wagering. But because it’s gambling legislation in Alabama, nothing was easy and everything was weird. 


The Alabama Senate approved a comprehensive gaming bill that would see the state grant licenses for facilities at nine locations around Alabama, approve a statewide lottery and legalize sports wagering at the nine facilities and online. It also authorizes Gov. Kay Ivey to negotiate a compact with the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. The bill passed 23-9. 


But not before it took one of the weirdest pathways ever. 


The bill that passed — SB319, sponsored by Sen. Jim McClendon — was essentially the same bill that was first brought by Sen. Del Marsh earlier in the session. That bill would have allowed casinos at seven sites — VictoryLand in Macon County, GreeneTrack in Greene County, The Birmingham Race Course in Birmingham, The Mobile Greyhound Park in Mobile, Country Crossing in Dothan, Center Star in Lowndes County and a new location in either Jackson or Dekalb County. 


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