The moral argument for gambling legislation
For years, the moral argument against gambling legislation has been effective. But today, the shoe's on the other foot.
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See recent postsRefusing to license, regulate gambling, Alabama is hurting itself, not crooks
Unregulated gaming accounts for most fraud and abuse in sports wagering and other gaming activities. Alabama isn't helping.
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See recent postsWant to vote on gambling, lottery? This is your year
With elections a year away, there's no better time than now to let lawmakers know what you want.
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See recent postsThere’s a solution for Alabama’s education budget shortfalls
As Alabama lawmakers pretend to worry about education funding, it's weird that they keep forgetting about the billion tax dollars they could be generating.
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See recent postsAlthough lottery vote failed, 2024 session was successful
The legislature was thrown a myriad of major issues and they dealt with them in quick order.
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See recent postsRSA’s Bonner encourages Gov. Ivey to push gaming legislation forward
Ivey needs to gather the top leadership from the House and Senate in a room and hammer out a deal they can agree upon.
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See recent postsLegislature fails to let Alabamians vote on a lottery
Hopefully, for Alabama’s sake, you have not heard the last of this issue.
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See recent postsThere’s no lottery vote because some Senate Republicans sold out
Despite a number of excuses and ridiculous rewrites of history, you don't get to vote because some Senate Republicans sold out.
House member: Blame 15 Alabama senators for gambling legislation failing
As lawmakers continue to get heat from constituents over gambling legislation failing, there is really only one group to blame.
Gov. Ivey expresses doubts on possibility of a special session for gambling
Despite concerted efforts to rally support for the bill, the lack of consensus among lawmakers proved insurmountable.