Alabama lottery, casino bill heads to first test in House committee

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Dealers conduct a game of roulette at the Hard Rock casino in Atlantic City N.J. on May 17, 2023. On Jan, 16, 2023, New Jersey gambling regulators released statistics showing that Atlantic City’s casinos, racetracks that accept sports betting and their online partners won nearly $5.8 billion from gamblers in 2023, a new record. But only three of the nine casinos won more from in-person gamblers last year than they did in 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic broke out.

If passed by the Legislature, the proposal would go before Alabama voters in the November general election, the first such public vote on gambling since a proposed lottery was rejected in 1999. “We have more than 150 pages of painstaking detail about how to protect gambling businesses and virtually nothing to protect Alabamians,” Roberts said.

That revenue would largely be steered to two new funds for lawmakers to decide how to use. While the legislation names uses, such as scholarships for students attending two-year and technical colleges, it does not guarantee a funding level.

 

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