Alabama House committee OKs lottery bill

Comment #7

Bleudog101 — Sat, 13 Feb 2016 12:13:40 GMT

I live in Kentucky. There are no casinos here. Our legislature is too stupid to listen to the horse racing venues--even Churchill Downs. All they want is the chance to have the voters decide to help out the horse community with monies coming from the casinos. Deaf ears abound.

There are so many KY cars @ Horseshoe Southern Indiana it isn't even funny, we went last night and cashed out my winnings.

Had stopped, for a bit, playing MM PB, but gave into the Indiana side of the Ohio and playe... [ More ]

Comment #6

cbr$ — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:18:01 GMT

OMG!!! I had to read this story 7 times to get the full effect of this story. It definitely gives a person reasons to pause think. There are a lot of things I could say about it. But I won't yet. I'll just hit some of the points that made me grit my teeth and the hair on my neck step up on edge. I refuse to waste a perfectly wonderful day. To Paul Hicks of the Alabama Constitution Party, who called the bill evil . If you're all ready seeing evil in this bill it will be there because you gentleme... [ More ]

Comment #5

dallascowboyfan — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:02:18 GMT

Hopefully the people of Alabama will vote for a lottery. If the Senators are worried/concerned they could just only allow Power ball/Mega that way their constituents don't have to drive to surrounding states.

Comment #4

TnTicketlosers — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:45:09 GMT

I cant wait till it opens,Im excited,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,There goes your little MAGIC MILE TN ....... THATS FUNNY all the cars from Tennessee going to the casino in Kentucky..........whats up with that....we are sick of losing.......... thats whats up.

Comment #3

Candlelight777 — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 17:00:22 GMT

Gotta love how these officials drag God into it...shakes head. I mean what good can come to those who are struggling that might win and have their lives changed for the better? what good could all the lottery money collected to fund education and other programs do for this state?.......rolls eyes at these law makers

Comment #2

music* — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 02:33:26 GMT

I think that Alabama voters will pass a Constitutional Amendment. If they see restrictive language banning casino type gaming.

A simple lottery which includes Mega Millions, Power Ball, and State lottery games. They shall all be physical ball draws. No Random Number Generators.

The people will vote with their dollars.

The Alabama Lottery Commission will learn from the rest of the States. Like Wyoming just did.

Comment #1

En ReVal — Thu, 11 Feb 2016 00:47:16 GMT

Minds change when you have $1.586billion on the table.

Alabama House committee OKs lottery bill

Lottery Post — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 22:06:22 GMT

A House committee Wednesday afternoon approved a bill that would allow voters to decide whether to establish a lottery in the state of Alabama.

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Alan Harper, R-Northport, would currently authorize a vote on a lottery. But Harper said in committee and after the vote that he expected an amendment that would describe distribution of proceeds, which he expected to be shared between Education Trust Fund and the General Fund.

Our vote today is for our citizens' right... [ More ]