Alabama senator makes one last push for lottery vote before end of legislative session

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Bleudog101 — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 12:16:30 GMT

I agree with you, however I doubt it'll pass or even be considered is more like it. Now if we had jackpots up towards 1/2 billion it might stimulate interest.

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cbr$ — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 10:24:41 GMT

Alabama's Legislation forget it suppose to be working for all the voters. Not just the

evangelical voters. Where is all this illegal gambling going on at? I guess they must

seen it enjoyed it, we haven't . Please don't tell me about Alabama's moral

compass. Somebody dropped on it head along time ago. Alabama will spend more

money this year on taking care of drug addicts, housing , food, clothing, programs...

etc...then schools or something people really want a Lottery.... [ More ]

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jhnby333 — Sat, 23 Apr 2016 03:57:19 GMT

I tell you what you do with the money you could cut down on some of taxes. Give teachers a raise helping kids in college and the and the kids that I am Elementary Healthcare mothers with kids that they can have a daycare center there's a lot of things that you could do to help the kids and food taxes are too high so that's a lot of things you could do with the lotto and no I don't think with nobody 4 mind spending $1 or $2 yes it can help the people a lot

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music* — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:55:21 GMT

Let the people vote with ballots, dollars, and their feet. The opposition does not have to play.

Alabama senator makes one last push for lottery vote before end of legislative session

Lottery Post — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 15:27:24 GMT

As the 2016 Alabama legislative session rushes to the finish line, one legislator is pushing for a lottery vote one last time.

The Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee on Thursday voted 4-2 for a constitutional amendment that would allow Alabamians to vote on a state lottery.

Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) introduced a lottery bill at the beginning of the legislative session, and said at the time it would raise $300 million in additional revenue for the state on an annual basis. H... [ More ]