Tag: LOTTERY

We already know what gambling does to families. Now we’re being told to rely on it to fund our schools. That’s not a solution. That’s a tradeoff – and it’s one Alabama shouldn’t make. You don’t build strong schools by betting against your own people.

Before departing the legislature for the final day of the 2026 legislative session, several House Democrats spoke on what they believed to be the best and worst of the year, all naming the lack of a lottery bill as a stark negative.

The Alabama Legislature adjourned for the final time in the 2026 legislative session on Thursday, and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle couldn’t avoid talking about the state’s long and sordid history of trying to legalize gambling.

Republican candidates in the Alabama Lt. Governor's Race convened in Huntsville on Tuesday evening for a political forum moderated by Bryan Dawson of 1819 News.

During an interview with Mobile radio's FM Talk 106.5, State Sen. Andrew Jones (R-Centre) discussed his position on establishing a lottery in Alabama.

John Wahl, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, said he would "struggle" to support gambling legislation in Alabama.

During a public forum last Saturday in Cullman, GOP candidates for House District 12 — Dan McWhorter, Heather Doyle, Clint Hollingsworth and Cindy Myrex — were asked whether they would support allowing the public to vote on a gambling or lottery bill.

In a Friday appearance on Huntsville WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Auburn) laid out how he would handle the ongoing lottery and expanded legal gambling debate as Alabama governor.

Gambling might be dead for longer than just the remainder of the 2025 session.

State Sen. President Pro-Tem Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman) expounded on why he decided to shut down lottery and gambling legislation in the 2025 legislative session.

Despite another round of stories over the weekend about a possible push in the last half of the 2025 session, it’s still unknown if there’s support to pass lottery and gambling legislation in the Senate.

The battle between supporters and opponents of possible lottery and gambling legislation is heating up ahead of the 2025 legislative session that starts next week.

If state legislators want to make another attempt at comprehensive gambling, 2025 may be their last chance for the foreseeable future.

Lottery and gambling legislation could be on tap again in the Alabama Legislature in the 2025 session.

The Poarch Creek Indians recently hired the high-powered Fine Geddie lobbying firm ahead of the 2025 session.

The Alabama Legislature will likely reconsider gambling legislation in 2025 similar to the bill that failed to pass by one vote in the Senate last month, according to State Sen. Garlan Gudger (R-Cullman).

Former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Glenn Murdock pushed back on the notion of the lottery bill being "clean."

With only three days left, the 2024 legislative session will likely conclude this week.

Attorney General Steve Marshall said on Friday he was pleased that a new lottery and gambling package didn’t pass this week.

A lottery and gambling constitutional amendment one vote away from passing the Senate will have “disastrous long-term impacts on Alabamians,” according to the Poarch Band of Creek Indians (PCI).

The Alabama Senate likely won’t vote on a gambling and lottery constitutional amendment on Thursday.

Donald Trump, Jr., took to social media to ask why Alabama isn’t able to pass a bill allowing the people to vote on a lottery. He said gaming and the lottery are always hot topics when he talks to people from Alabama.

A handful of changed votes between House and Senate lawmakers have again put both bodies in contention after contradictory votes on proposed gambling legislation late Tuesday night.

Gov. Kay Ivey threw her support behind a gambling and lottery legislative package that passed the House easily yesterday.

Six members of a House, Senate conference committee passed legislation creating a lottery and legalizing electronic gambling machines at seven locations across Alabama on Tuesday.

During an appearance on Huntsville radio WVNN's "The Dale Jackson Show," State Sen. Arthur Orr (R-Decatur) warned that a Frankenstein creation from the conference committee was possible given the desire to appease gambling lobbyists.

I was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives in 2006. I have served District 66 for the last 18 years and am proud to consider myself an advocate for public education. Each session is different from the last, but one issue that almost always seems to come around session after session is gaming.