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Catena Media provides exclusive online gambling and sports betting content to AL.com, including analysis, tools and sportsbook and online casino offers to help bettors get in on the action. Please wager responsibly. Alabama doesn't have legal online casinos yet. However, it is one of the many states where you can play online slots and casino games…

Games ・ 6 days

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How to stop a gambling bill

Think of all the issues the Alabama Legislature had us vote on over the last 10 years. In 2014, it was a measure to ban foreign laws in the state. Not because the Canadian military was massing at the Tennessee border. It was a wink-wink-nod-nod version of a failed proposal to ban Shariah law in the state two years earlier. Legislators that year…

Law ・ 25 March 2024

1819news.com

Senate passes amended gambling plan with lottery, no new casinos

MONTGOMERY - The Alabama Senate passed a gambling constitutional amendment after more than seven hours of debate on Thursday. The constitutional amendment, HB 151, passed with one vote to spare over the necessary 21-vote threshold by a margin of 22-11. Accompanying enabling legislation, HB 152 passed by the same margin. State Sen. Greg Albritton…

Law ・ 08 March 2024

The Alabama Baptist

Effort to expand gambling in state ‘a gospel issue’

Alabama Baptist and other faith-based leaders continue to speak out against the current gambling legislation anticipated to move quickly through the state House of Representatives. They also are sending an urgent message to all who are concerned to join them. "This one is really, really hot and very, very serious," Greg Davis, president and CEO of…

Law ・ 13 February 2024

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alabamareflector.com

Alabama legislators are discussing gambling legislation. Will it go anywhere?

Once again, Alabama legislators are talking about gambling. And once again, the House and Senate appear to be talking past each other. Legislators are discussing the possibility of addressing the topic, which has defied resolution attempts for decades. No legislation had been filed as of Wednesday afternoon, but a senator said he will file a bill…

Law ・ 09 January 2024

raccoonvalleyradio.com

Des Moines Man Arrested for Alleged Incident at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson

A Des Moines man was recently arrested from an alleged crime in August of 2022 at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson. According to court documents, on August 26, 2022 Paul Wright won a jackpot on a slot machine at Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson. As Wright was celebrating, 42-year-old Jade Leonard of Des Moines was also nearby celebrating, Wright had…

Incidents ・ 12 December 2023

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Callender Woman Faces Felonies for Alleged January Incident at Casino in Jefferson

A Callender woman faces two felony charges for an alleged January incident. According to court documents, 40-year-old Jason Pirie won a $1972 jackpot on a slot machine from Wild Rose Casino in Jefferson on January 18th. Court documents show Pirie left the machine and 59-year-old Shelli Larson of Callender sat down at Pirie's machine and claimed the…

Incidents ・ 21 February 2023

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Cameron Smith: Alabama casinos’ human shield will test Marshall’s resolve

After the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that the racing and "bingo" casino owed $76 million in unpaid taxes, Greenetrack shut its doors. Another opinion from the state supreme court affirmed that electronic bingo which plays conspicuously like a slot machine is not, in fact, bingo. Yet a little more than a month after closing its doors, Greenetrack…

Religion ・ 09 October 2022

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The Alabama Baptist

Alabama Supreme Court orders shutdown of 3 illegal gambling operations

The Alabama Supreme Court has again ruled that electronic gambling at three Alabama casinos is illegal and must end. The unanimous Sept. 30 decision in State v. Epic Tech called the facilities a "public nuisance" and said the casinos are operating illegal electronic bingo machines. The decision calls for local officials in Lowndes and Macon…

Law ・ 05 October 2022

Daily Journal Online

Missouri regulators field complaints, inquiries about spread of slot machines

JEFFERSON CITY - Missouri gaming regulators have recorded nearly 100 reports of illegal slot machines this year as the unregulated industry continues to flood the state with gambling devices. But, not all of the people who call the Missouri Gaming Commission or fill out one of its complaint forms are upset about the spread of the unregulated and…

Gaming Authorities ・ 22 August 2022

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PA Lottery Players Earn Millions, As New Summer Games Launch

Several Pennsylvania Lottery players connected on massive jackpots recently, earning local residents $1 million on multiple occasions. The PA Lottery already features plenty of enticing games, but it continues to deliver new titles regularly this summer, as well. The jackpots arrived from opposite corners, but each one contained six zeroes. The…

Lottery ・ 19 July 2022

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Saturday’s Powerball jackpot tops quarter billion dollars

RALEIGH, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The jackpot for Saturday night's Powerball drawing has climbed to more than a quarter of a billion dollars, according to the North Carolina Education Lottery. Saturday's winner could take home a jackpot prize of an estimated $268 million. The Lottery said in last Saturday's drawing, a ticket sold in Greene County won…

Winnings ・ 08 April 2022

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Will Gambling Expansion Make It Onto The Ballot In Alabama This Year?

In November, Alabama voters may finally get a second chance to vote on whether they want a state lottery. Online sports betting legalization and retail casino expansion could make their way onto the ballot as well. SB 293 and SB 294 are almost ready for their third readings in the Senate Tourism and Marketing Committee. Legislators added bill…

Gaming Authorities ・ 15 March 2022

The Alabama Baptist

Gambling once again up for debate in Alabama Legislature

Two gambling bills that advanced to the Alabama Senate this week would negatively impact Alabamians, according to Alabama Citizens Action Program. The two bills introduced by Sen. Greg Albritton (R-Atmore) propose changes to the Alabama Constitution to allow state-controlled gambling and lay out a framework for oversight of the enterprise. The…

Law ・ 11 March 2022

Herald & Review

Alabama tourism committee advances lottery and casino bill

An Alabama legislative committee swiftly advanced lottery and casino legislation on Wednesday, acting after a public hearing dominated by opponents who said the proposal would hand the licenses to a few powerful operators. The Senate Tourism Committee voted for the proposed constitutional amendment authorizing a state lottery, sports betting, eight…

Lottery ・ 09 March 2022

My Journal Courier

State lottery, casino bill proposed in Alabama Legislature

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama lawmaker on Thursday introduced a proposal to create a lottery and allow multiple casinos, as well as sports betting, in the state, but the bill faces a ticking legislative clock and long-term divisions that have sunk previous gambling proposals. "It's time Alabama got in the game," Republican Sen. Greg Albritton…

Lottery ・ 04 March 2022

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Senator compares Missouri purveyor of slot machine-style games to illegal drug dealer

JEFFERSON CITY - A state senator on Thursday compared one Wildwood-based company to an illegal drug dealer, calling the argument its video gaming devices aren't games of chance "loose and fictitious." The comments by Sen. Bill White, R-Joplin, followed testimony during a Missouri Senate hearing by Thomas Robbins, lobbyist for Torch Electronics, who…

Law ・ 13 January 2022

Missouri Independent

Few charges result from scores of Missouri highway patrol gambling investigations

During 2019 and 2020, the Missouri State Highway Patrol delivered almost 200 cases to local prosecutors alleging violations of state gambling laws. But according to state court data, only about two dozen cases have actually been filed. In most counties with alleged violations - including eight of 13 with five or more cases - prosecutors have not…

Gaming Authorities ・ 14 September 2021

St. Louis Today

Despite troubles in Illinois, gambling company pouring money into Missouri campaigns

JEFFERSON CITY - One of the nation's largest video gambling companies is pumping contributions into the campaign accounts of Missouri politicians at the same time it faces a $5 million penalty from regulators in Illinois. Accel Entertainment contributed $15000 to the House Republican Campaign Committee on Aug. 24 and has doled out tens of thousands…

Politics ・ 26 August 2021

AP News

Alabama Senate approves casino and lottery legislation

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The Alabama Senate on Tuesday night approved sweeping lottery and casino legislation as lawmakers struck a compromise after years of stalemates on the issue of gambling. Senators voted 23-9 for the proposed constitutional amendment that would establish a state lottery as well as allow nine casino sites in the state. The bill…

Politics ・ 23 August 2021

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Missouri slot machine company sues prosecutor to head off law enforcement scrutiny

JEFFERSON CITY - A Wildwood-based slot machine company sued a southwest Missouri county prosecutor this month in an attempt to stop an investigative subpoena into its operations. The politically connected Torch Electronics sued Greene County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Patterson on July 15, asking the Greene County Circuit Court to quash an…

Law ・ 29 July 2021

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‘Why us?’ Black Belt counties struggle with state of Alabama casino legislation

Casino legislation is floundering again in Montgomery. Frustrations for those wanting a lottery or to bet on a football game are being felt statewide. But the economic impact over the fate of the current bill is poised to most affect the smallest and poorest counties in Alabama, where a majority of residents are Black. The Alabama House does not…

Law ・ 16 May 2021

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House leaders try to break stalemate on casino, lottery bill

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - The fate of an Alabama lottery and casino bill remained in limbo on Thursday as the House of Representatives delayed a vote amid a flurry of last-minute negotiations to try to obtain the needed support. House leaders of both parties met multiple times through the day for negotiations on the bill trying to work out a…

Lottery ・ 07 May 2021

Montgomery Advertiser

Alabama lottery, casino bill 2021: Senate approves measure

The gambling bill passed the Senate. But now it's got to beat the House. The Alabama Senate late Tuesday approved what started as a constitutional amendment to allow a lottery but transformed into legislation that would also establish casino-style gambling at six locations in state, allow sports wagering and direct the governor to negotiate a…

Politics ・ 07 May 2021