Alabama lottery hopefuls to be disappointed yet again

Comment #13

Stack47 — Sat, 22 May 2021 03:11:04 GMT

lawmakers could not reach an agreement on wording specifics, casino locations, and where funding would go.

They made it too complicated with little or no room for compromise. Most state lotteries were created before casino gambling so that wasn't part of the lottery legislation. Alabama is very late joining in and unless they simply legislate a state lottery and take the rest off the table, they might never have one.

Comment #12

Bleudog101 — Fri, 21 May 2021 10:52:12 GMT

Not that I doubted you noise-gate, same day I posted had sent the CA about the secondary prizes.

They replied last night the same answer you gave

Comment #11

LottoPerro — Thu, 20 May 2021 18:04:28 GMT

Alabama will NEVER get a lottery, folks. That is about as good of a guarantee as you're gonna get. But oh well, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, and Florida will be happy to have Alabama money.

Comment #10

Bleudog101 — Wed, 19 May 2021 23:51:53 GMT

Thank you

Comment #9

noise-gate — Wed, 19 May 2021 19:54:51 GMT

True Jeff.

Both these winners walk away with $183K. That's pari- mutuel for you. It does suck that a 2nd prize winner gets under $200K while other States pay out the whole Smeer. OTH, there have been instances where 2nd prize winners in CA have bagged $2 3 million in prize money since it's based off ticket sales.

What we have going for us in hindsight, is that our lottery jackpot wins are not subject to State taxes.

Comment #8

Bleudog101 — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:02:19 GMT

California website said two winners for $183K, not one million. Certainly hope they don't have to split that 'paltry' sum, though it would do me just fine.

Comment #7

winterhug — Wed, 19 May 2021 11:41:47 GMT

No, those two California Mega Millions, one million dollars winners last night do not have to split the money. They each get one million, the money only has to be split if they had won the jackpot. I see the Virginia winner will get two million dollars because of the Megaplier.

Comment #6

dannyct — Wed, 19 May 2021 08:56:58 GMT

This is good news for surrounding states, more revenue for their projects. Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good

Comment #5

Bleudog101 — Wed, 19 May 2021 08:17:50 GMT

Don't forget Mississippi now has a lottery as well! Well with $515 million jackpot, Alabama tags will be traveling to neighboring states. You're correct...beyond stupid.

Too early for me, but with CA having five #'s on MM last night does that mean they have to split $183K or is that individually. Two winners there. That sucks.

Comment #4

Mata Garbo — Wed, 19 May 2021 01:06:22 GMT

This is beyond stupid......Mississippi has Casinos. Tennessee has a lottery. Georgia has a lottery. Florida has a lottery. Every single week money is leaving Alabama and going to these 4 states. These idiot lawmakers are hurting their own state. Beyond stupid.

Comment #3

paymentplan-man — Wed, 19 May 2021 00:02:51 GMT

What's that

Comment #2

fellini — Tue, 18 May 2021 22:39:25 GMT

Mega Millions jackpot is $475 million.

Comment #1

Bleudog101 — Tue, 18 May 2021 22:36:58 GMT

Nothing surprises me with those folks in charge. The voters should get to decide.

Didn't Grandma Moses there just sign into law recreational Marijuana

Alabama lottery hopefuls to be disappointed yet again

Lottery Post — Tue, 18 May 2021 20:47:25 GMT

Legislative session ends without consensus on lottery bill

By Kate Northrop

Alabama residents hoping to get a state lottery will have to wait even longer since the 2021 legislative session ended before lawmakers could agree on the particulars of a gaming bill.

Legislators seem to agree on enacting a state lottery for a variety of reasons, which include tightening up unregulated gambling and finding new sources of funding for public programs. However, lawmakers could not reach an agreeme... [ More ]