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.