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Alabama lawmakers connected Tuesday projected a discuss connected gambling authorities that would authorize a authorities lottery and aggregate sites pinch physics gambling machines. But nan measurement faces an uncertain outlook successful nan closing days of nan legislative session.
A convention committee approved nan two-bill connection arsenic lawmakers purpose to put nan rumor to a statewide ballot this August. Lawmakers successful nan Alabama House of Representatives and Alabama Senate could ballot connected nan measurement arsenic soon arsenic Tuesday evening. It will return three-fifths of lawmakers to o.k. nan projected alteration to nan Alabama Constitution to let gambling. If approved, it will spell to a statewide ballot connected Aug. 20.
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"I don’t know. The ballot is close," Republican Sen. Greg. Albritton, a convention committee member, said of nan bill’s chances successful nan Senate. "It will beryllium adjacent astir apt successful nan House too."
Exterior position of nan Alabama State Capitol connected March 22, 2020 successful Montgomery, Alabama. (Taylor Hill/Getty Images)
Republican Rep. Chris Blackshear, nan measure sponsor, said nan connection would authorize a authorities lottery and let "electronic games of chance," but not array games astatine sites successful 7 counties. The locations would beryllium nan canine tracks successful Macon, Jefferson, Greene and Mobile counties, positive locations successful Lowndes and Houston counties. It would besides require nan politician to discuss a compact pinch nan Poarch Band of Creek Indians, he said.
Blackshear said they removed connection to authorize sports betting.
The authorities has been stalled since March erstwhile senators scaled backmost a sweeping House-passed scheme that would person allowed a lottery, sports betting and up to 10 casinos pinch array games. Disagreements person included nan referendum date, nan number of casinos and whether sports betting should beryllium allowed.
The House of Representatives will ballot first connected nan proposal. Senate President Pro Tem Greg Reed said nan Senate mightiness return up nan measurement Tuesday night, but they first person to spot what happens successful nan House.
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Lawmakers are aiming for nan first nationalist ballot connected gambling successful 25 years. Voters successful 1999 rejected a lottery projected by then-Gov. Don Siegelman.
