Legislators face decisions on lottery, casinos after Alabama gambling report
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
Posted Jan 02, 2021
VictoryLand casino in Macon County, shown in 2016, offers electronic bingo under a constitutional amendment approved by the county's voters. The Supreme Court has ruled the games don't fit the definition of bingo and are illegal. The state's lack of uniform enforcement of gambling is one of the issues covered in the report by Gov. Kay Ivey's Study Group on Gambling Policy. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com)
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The COVID-19 pandemic stopped any chance for legislation to propose a lottery in Alabama in 2020, but decisions about that and other forms of gambling await lawmakers in the new year.